MEANING & HISTORY
What does Ivory mean?
Ivory is documented as an English word-name associated with ivory. The dictionary records both male and female personal-name uses, so the material image does not impose a universal gender category.
The immediate name formation is the English noun, not an ancient phrase meaning pure soul or precious princess. Ivory can also suggest the familiar pale color associated with the material, but a name does not establish the bearer’s appearance. Its spelling is distinct from Ivy despite their similar beginnings.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
given name is associated with ivory.
A male given name from English.; A female given name from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Ivory
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ivory Aquino
Filipina-American actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ivory Aquino
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ivory in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ivory
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cory♀Variant of Corey, a surname-derived name
- Glory·English glory, ultimately Latin gloria
- Ivar♂Probably yew or bow and warrior
- Ivy♀Ivy plant, or a short form of Ivan
- Jory·Cornish form of George; earth-worker
- Rory♂Red king; from Irish Ruaidhrí
- Ivan♂God is gracious; a Slavic form of John
- Ivana♀God is gracious; feminine Ivan-family form
What rhymes with Ivory?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ivory further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q64918372 — Ivory (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ivory Aquino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q64918372 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ivory (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.