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Ivo - too posh?

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leonina · 16/01/2017 16:23

Opinions? Also like Ivan/Evan and Ivor...

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10Betty10 · 16/01/2017 21:17

Love Ivo. Is on our list. I definitely don't get a posh vibe off it. More European sounding if anything.

Bubbinsmakesthree · 16/01/2017 20:35

I have never even heard of the name Ivo before!

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leonina · 16/01/2017 20:31

AmyInTheBoonies yes, also a fan of Otto!

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BrondeBombshell · 16/01/2017 19:44

I know I'm thinking of Ivor it doesn't sound posh to me at all. What do I know though. Prefer Otto. Or Ivan.

Pluto30 · 16/01/2017 19:39

Ivo sounds like what an Australian would shorten Ivan to, so not posh at all (the exact opposite, actually).

I like Evan.

soundsystem · 16/01/2017 19:29

I love Ivo. Don't think of it as particularly posh. I like that it's unusual but easy to spell!

AmyInTheBoonies · 16/01/2017 19:13

I really like it - it's unusual but not unheard of and its easy to pronounce. I also like Otto which has a similar vibe.

DappledThings · 16/01/2017 19:01

Love Ivo and we considered it for a middle name. For us it was a cricket connection though, Ivo Bligh, named on the Ashes urn!

Interestingangelfish · 16/01/2017 18:47

Ivo is a great name. I sometimes consider having another child, just so I can use it (but of course I might end up with another girl...)

Interestingangelfish · 16/01/2017 18:36

Ivo is a great name. I sometimes consider having another child, just so I can use it (but of course I might end up with another girl...)

WankersHacksandThieves · 16/01/2017 18:07

I like it, I'd always thought it was Celtic/French as it's not unknown in Scotland (but not posh) and obviously there was the "auld alliance" Scots/French thing going on.

Who knows where it comes from! :O

I also like Ivan, Evan, Owen, Euan etc all possibly from the same roots.

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leonina · 16/01/2017 18:02

chatnanny and averythinline yes, I hear you on the Welsh-soundingness of it. There are some tenuous Welsh family connections which I could draw on too...
I like the Ivor the Engine connotations too!

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averythinline · 16/01/2017 17:57

I'm also old so would assume Ivor just pronounced differently - I loved Ivor but didn't work with our surname also really like Evan and Ivan probably preference Evan of the 3 - but all good names

would think all Welsh origin rather than posh...not saying you cant be posh and welsh Grin

CheekyNandosChicken · 16/01/2017 17:51

My only knowledge of the name is through Ivor the Engine. (Yes, I'm old!!)

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 16/01/2017 17:30

I would go with Ivo.

chatnanny · 16/01/2017 17:16

I think of it as Welsh rather than highfalutin maybe because I assumed it was short for Ivan. Personally I always think best to give the full name so they can choose that or the NN. I like it.

Jooni · 16/01/2017 17:14

Love Ivo. I can't use it because it really doesn't work with our surname, but it's so simple, strong and lovely. Go for it!

Phalarope · 16/01/2017 17:12

I love it. It was our first choice for DS, but then he didn't look like an Ivo when he arrived. (Not actually sure what a newborn Ivo is supposed to look like. I imagine it was fairly hormone-related).

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leonina · 16/01/2017 17:08

Thanks for all the replies!
Minty82 interesting point about under the radar poshness!
MarmiteDoesYouGood also good point about pronounciation... Would be eye-vo I guess but I also like how ee-vo sounds...

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PatsFan · 16/01/2017 17:08

I like it. The only Ivo I have ever met was Portuguese. Didn't realise it was a posh name.

MarmiteDoesYouGood · 16/01/2017 16:58

Oh and I think it's a great name. Was in our shortlist (to be pronounced ee-vo for us)

MarmiteDoesYouGood · 16/01/2017 16:57

The connotation for me is of latin roots, not posh ones. But then, I've never met an English Ivo, maybe that's why! (I'm not in with the Eton crown I guess).

ClaryIsTheBest · 16/01/2017 16:37

I like the name.
I actually know two Ivos. They're both really lovely :)! Probably makes me a bit biased, tbh....

Minty82 · 16/01/2017 16:37

Ah, just saw the British/AustrIan thing - Ivo good choice then!

Minty82 · 16/01/2017 16:35

I do think of Ivo as pretty posh (I only know Etonian ones - not Estonian, as autocorrect suggested!) but it's nice, and it could be a bit under the radar posh - ie people are quite likely not to have come across it at all and therefore wouldn't have 'posh' as their first association. I like Ivan but it is very Russian, which feels slightly random if you're not.

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