Ив

given name · Cyrillic script

Meaning: genitive plural of и́ва (íva)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Ив is a given name written in the Cyrillic script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RURussia≈1 in 730K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 71K
  • HRCroatia1 in 235Kas Iv

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ив itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

208 named Iv, 2020

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

Bulgaria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ИвCyrillic(measured from records)
IvLatin(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

genitive plural of и́ва (íva)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ив counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ив is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States208as Iv1 in 1.6M403—11
RU Russia≈190 est.≈1 in 730K—Ив80
BG Bulgaria≈98 est.≈1 in 71K—Ив31
HR Croatia18as Iv1 in 235K18—18
SE Sweden13as Iv1 in 785K13——
FI Finland6as Iv1 in 929K30—1

208 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ив is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Kazakh name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Йв

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Iv

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, b. 1757Yves Montand, b. 1921Yves Klein, b. 1928Yves Chauvin, b. 1930Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, b. 1932Yves Saint Laurent, b. 1936Yves Leterme, b. 1960Stéphane Guivarc'h, b. 1970Charles Michel, b. 1975Samuel Umtiti, b. 1993
  • Gilbert du Motier de La Fayetteb. 1757FRnot in their usual nameFrench general and politician (1757–1834)
  • Yves Montandb. 1921FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
  • Yves Kleinb. 1928FRnot in their usual name20th century French visual artist (1928–1962)
  • Yves Chauvinb. 1930FRnot in their usual nameFrench chemist (1930–2015)
  • Pierre-Gilles de Gennesb. 1932FRnot in their usual nameFrench physicist
  • Yves Saint Laurentb. 1936FRnot in their usual nameFrench fashion designer (1936–2008)
  • Yves Letermeb. 1960BEnot in their usual nameformer Belgian prime minister
  • Stéphane Guivarc'hb. 1970FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1970)
  • Charles Michelb. 1975BEnot in their usual nameBelgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
  • Samuel Umtitib. 1993CMnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1993)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ив mean, and where does it come from?
genitive plural of и́ва (íva) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Ив a male or female name?
Ив is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Ив have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 208 people named Iv, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Ив?
In the United States, the national register counted 208 people named Iv in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ив”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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