Ivo

[zippyswife]

Desperately seeking a make for ds. A friend suggested Ivo and dh who normally dismisses everything actually likes it. I'd never heard of it before but it's quickly growing on me. Thoughts please?!

[zippyswife]

That should read seeking a name not make

[MidnightVelvetthe5th]

Never heard of it, is it pronounced Eevo?

[MaliaGrace]

I love it - definitely a yes from me.

[Excitedforxmas]

I like it. Heard it in Scotland pronounced eye-vo

[MaliaGrace]

I would pronounce it Eye Vo

[ScarletForYa]

Ivor might be better.

[BikeRunSki]

I'd think you'd forgotten the "r" on the end.

[KestrelThestral]

Ivo short for Ivan?
I like it.

[zippyswife]

I believe it's pronounced eye-vo. I prefer it without the r on the end. Does it smack of trying to hard? To be fair baby's a week old so at this stage we really are trying!!

[thecatfromjapan]

Love it.
And it's a Mortal Coil song, too.

[thecatfromjapan]

If I weren't on my phone, I'd link to the song.

Do it! Great name.

[MidnightVelvetthe5th]

Ah I pronounced it wrongly :) I would be wary of Ivo big 'un or other such hilarious plays on the words 'I've a'

Also as it's a vowel look at the initials of any middle names and surnames

[zippyswife]

Oh I am so easily swayed by people I've never met! Pleased responses are generally positive. I can't tell if it's the hormones making me like this name I've never heard of before. Is that madness??

[Sophronia]

I like it. I like the similar Ives as well.

[Naoko]

It's nice :) I'd pronounce Ee-vo, but that's because it's not uncommon in my native language (Dutch) with that pronunciation. Suppose most people will go eye-vo in English.

[thecatfromjapan]

Sorry - it's a Cocteau Twins song: [ here]]

I really wish I'd thought of this name for my ds.

[Themodernuriahheep]

I love it.

I also love the other English/Norman names ending in o.

Hugo
Rollo
Jago
Inigo
Iago

[Lovelydiscusfish]

I like it. Don't think it's that unusual. I know an Ivo, and when he is mentioned, people don't constantly say, why the made up name? Ivo's parents I believe named him after a famous cricketer of the same name?

[CrystalMcPistol]

I like it. It reminds me of one of the Scottish twins from Child of Our Time.

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

It sounds refreshingly simple and uncluttered.

If you both like it after months of searching why not. Just don't ask a multitude of your family members. Pinches it for other threads in Baby Names.

[zippyswife]

Simple and uncluttered! That's exactly what we want!!

[CrystalMcPistol]

I'm surprised you'd never heard the name before.

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

It's a good name and has been used in this country (albeit not that often) for a very long time. I know two. One is an Englishman of about 50 and one is a 12yo boy, growing up in England but from a Scottish family. Both pronounced Eye voah with a slight stress on the Eye bit.

Congratulations on your little boy, btw!

[wtftodo]

I love it and know a 6yr old in Kent with this name