Ivory - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. i-vo-ry, iv-ory ] The girl name Ivory is also used as a boy name, though it is slightly more popular for girls. It is pronounced AYVeriy or AYVRiy ^KEY. Ivory has its origins in the English language and it is also used largely in English. Derived literally from the common word ivory. See Ivory for more info.

Ivory is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1982 with 0.010% of baby girls being named Ivory. It was #870 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Among all girl names in its family, Ivory was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2008. Although Ivory is somewhat used more commonly as a girl name today, there was a period prior to 1979 that it was more popular with boys. After 1982, increasingly the name became more popular with girls than with boys.

Baby names that sound like Ivory include the Hebrew Abira, the English Affery, the English Aubery, the English Averi, the English Averie, the English Abra, the English Abree, the English Abri, the English Afra, the Arabic and English Aphra, the English Aprelle, the English Aubree, the English Aubrey, the English Aubri, the English Aubrie, the English Aubry, the English Avrill, the Arabic Abir, the English Abre, and the English Aubre.

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