Ives
Featured in baby name books
Ives means “yew wood” or “archer,” with Scandinavian and English roots and Ivo and Yves as variants.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Ives in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Ives against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Ives is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Ives in official name statistics
United States
Fewer than 5 boys were named Ives in the US in 2025. Since 1919, 89 boys have been named Ives, with the most (8) in 2021.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Belgium (Flanders) | #825 boys (all ages) | 495 | Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Towns named Ives
There are 19 towns and villages with Ives in their name, in 4 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 11🇨🇦 Canada 3🇬🇧 United Kingdom 3🇦🇺 Australia 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Ives Estates | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | 19,525 | Map |
| Saint Ives | England, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 16,815 | Map |
| St Ives | England, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 5,410 | Map |
| Ives | Western Australia, 🇦🇺 Australia | – | Map |
| Ives | Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ives | Wisconsin, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ives | North Dakota, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ives Corner | Connecticut, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ives Corner | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Ives Grove | Wisconsin, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Ives
There are 9 lakes and reservoirs with Ives in their name, in 3 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 5🇺🇸 United States 3🇧🇾 Belarus 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Ives Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ives Lake | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Ives Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Ives | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Ives | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Ives | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Ozero Ives’ | Vitebsk, 🇧🇾 Belarus | Map |
| Ives Pond (historical) | Connecticut, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| St. Ives Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Ives songs
9 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Ives in their title. The best known:
- As I was going to St Ives
- My Father Knew Charles Ives – John Adams (2003)
- ELLIOTT (Ives)
- GENTLENESS (Ives)
- IVES (Camidge)
- IVES (Irish)
- IVES (Ives)
- SERENITY (Ives)
- SHEPHERD (Ives)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Ives products
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