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Ivo

/ˈaɪvəʊ/

Ivo proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages.

Proper noun

Ivo

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • It was so farcically alien to be called 'Roger' and 'Furnivall' in a place where everybody had names like Ivo and Gito and Madog.1970, John Wain, A Winter in the Hills, Viking Press, page 45

Origin of Ivo

Latinate form of a medieval name of Old French origin, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (“yew, bow”). Name of French and English saints. Cognate with modern French Yves.

Questions about Ivo

What does Ivo mean?
Ivo means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What part of speech is Ivo?
Ivo is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ivo?
Ivo is pronounced /ˈaɪvəʊ/.

Words near Ivo in the dictionary

  1. IVIS
  2. Ivisan
  3. IVL
  4. IVLs
  5. IVM
  6. Ivo
  7. Ivoirian
  8. Ivoirians
  9. ivoqualine
  10. Ivor
  11. Ivorean

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