Ivyn

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ivyn by the numbers

Ivyn was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Ivyn

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 Ivyn. 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)
  • Ivonarcher; a form of Ivon or Yvon5 in the US (2017)
  • Iven16 in the US (2017)
  • Ivin10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ivyn

Names that are said the same way as Ivyn, 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)

Names about as common as Ivyn

Nobody has voted for Ivyn yet

Vote for Ivyn and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Ivyn