Ivo or Elliot?

[piggie88]

Which one do we go for?

Ivo is a great name. Elliot was the name of my dickhead ex (this may be less of an issue for you than for me ).

Elliot

Love Elliot but Ivo is lovely too

Ivo definitely, strong but simple, my Ivo is 14 so may be biased

Ivo. Love it. Would have wanted to use it for DC2 if she'd been a boy!

Ivo

Ivo, fabulous name.

@Hellie36

Ivo definitely, strong but simple, my Ivo is 14 so may be biased

How do you pronounce Ivo, @Hellie36?

Thanks all, I'd pronounce it eye-vo.

Ivo.

Definitely Ivo - great name.

Ivo! Either pronunciation great

Ivo all the way.

Elliot

Elliot

Ivo

Is it a nn for Ivan? I've always assumed so.

I would pronounce ee-vo

I love Ivo - both it's sound and it's meaning and I think if you are in the UK then 9 times out of 10 you will get the Eye -voh pronunciation, since similar but more dated Ivor is so well known (so pronunciation wouldn't be something that concerns me). More concerning might be that Ivo's so similar in style to all the other trendy two syllable "-O ending names (Leo, Theo, Milo, Arlo, Kylo...) - but it's not too popular yet, so I'd go for it!

Elliot/Elliot has spelling issues (both spellings are equally popular) and while nice a enough name feels both slightly surnamey and also sounds more overused to me (possibly because there so many girl "Ell's" about -Ellie's, Elsie's, Ella's etc).

Should say Elliot/Elliott - goes to show how often it might be misspelt if it matters !

Elliot but only because a local secondary school is called The Ivo and it's not got the best reputation.
If you're not in Cambridgeshire though, it won't matter two hoots!

Ivo

Ivo

Always think Eliot is wet

Love Ivo but surname precludes use for me. It can’t be on my list OP so put it on yours!

Love them both! I’d sway more to Elliot as I think Ivo is quite a trendy name at the moment and therefore more likely to date

Elliot - and that is the correct spelling of it!!