Iven

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Iven by the numbers

Iven was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 26 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Iven

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 Iven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ivangod is gracious; a form of John3,038 in the US (2017)
  • Iverbow warrior; archer8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ivonarcher; a form of Ivon or Yvon5 in the US (2017)
  • Iden26 in the US (2017)
  • Izen13 in the US (2017)
  • Ivin10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Iven

Names that are said the same way as Iven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ivaangod is gracious; a form of ivan78 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ifangod is gracious; welsh form of john14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ivann10 in the US (2017)
  • Ivyn7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Iven

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