Idy

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Idy by the numbers

Idy was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Idy

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Idy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ivythe ivy plant; faithfulness1,698 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Idaprosperous, wealthy126 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Indy64 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ily40 in the US (2017)

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