Ivey

Where Ivey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ivey.

  • Vowel-ended
Ivey through the years
  1. 1882
    Ivey Foreman Lewis born
    American botanist
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #920 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1890
    Ivey Wingo born
    American Major League Baseball catcher, manager
  4. 1974
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2024
    Peak, #787
    358 babies named Ivey, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ivey Foreman Lewis · American botanist, 1882–1964
  • Ivey Wingo · American Major League Baseball catcher, manager, 1890–1941
  • Ivey Shiver · Major League Baseball outfielder, 1907–1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.