Ives

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Meaning & History：

English form of YVES, used to refer to Saint Ives (also called Ivo) of Huntingdonshire, a semi-legendary English bishop.

YVES male French

Medieval French form of IVO (1). This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.

IVO (1) male German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Ancient Germanic

Germanic name, originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element iv meaning "yew". Alternative theories suggest that it may in fact be derived from a cognate Celtic element. This was the name of several saints (who are also commonly known as Saint Yves or Ives).

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ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ivo

BRETON: Erwan, Erwann

CZECH: Ivo

DUTCH: Ivo, Yvo

FRENCH: Yves

GERMAN: Ivo, Yvo

ITALIAN: Ivo

POLISH: Iwo

PORTUGUESE: Ivo

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