Ivory: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “ivory, pale white material”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- EYE-vuh-ree · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Both (62% girls, 38% boys since 1880)
Ivory comes from the English word for the hard white material from tusks, ultimately from Old French ivoire. As a given name it belongs to the group of word names.
How popular is Ivory?
Babies named Ivory in 2024818
2024 rank#404 girls
Peak year2024
Total US babies since 188022,269
Ivory is rising: use over the last five years is 2.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Ivory
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Ivory questions
What does the name Ivory mean?
Ivory means "ivory, pale white material". It comes from English. Ivory comes from the English word for the hard white material from tusks, ultimately from Old French ivoire. As a given name it belongs to the group of word names.
Is Ivory a boy or girl name?
Ivory is used for both: about 62% of US babies named Ivory since 1880 were girls.
How popular is Ivory?
818 US babies were named Ivory in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.
How do you pronounce Ivory?
Ivory is usually pronounced EYE-vuh-ree.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.