Aivo
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Estonian: a male given name, short form of Aivar
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Aivo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- LVLatvia1 in 23K
- ISIceland1 in 351K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Estonia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 50 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈840 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, short form of Aivar
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Aivo is read(measured from records)
Aivo is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Estonian60%
a male given name, short form of Aivar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Finnish10%
nominative singular of aivot
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English5.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Aivo in English.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aivo 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.
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: the ee-stat-nimed register; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Aivo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In vot, very, greatly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In izh, brain
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Nauru Republikas distrikts (Aiwo), atrodas Nauru salas rietumu piekrastē
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Cilvēka vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Avio Luciolib. 1928ITnot in their usual nameItalian athletics competitor
- Aivo Saarb. 1937EEEstonian physicist (born 1937)
- Aivo Parringb. 1940EEEstonian mathematician (1940–2015)
- Aivo Lõhmusb. 1950EEEstonian writer, translator, and literary critic (1950-2005)
- Aivo Leplandb. 1964EEEstonian geologist (born 1964)
- Aivo Oravb. 1965EEEstonian diplomat (born 1965)
- Aivo Blumb. 1966EEEstonian artist (born 1966)
- Aivo Väljab. 1968EEEstonian conductor (born 1968)
- Aivo Udrasb. 1970EEEstonian biathlete (born 1970)
- Aivo Petersonb. 1970EEEstonian politician (born 1970)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 1.3K | #133 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 395 | #1,232 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 85 | #1,270 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 83 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 15 | #29,021 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 12 | #32,729 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 12 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 10 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Aivo mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, short form of Aivar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Aivo?
- In the etymology graph, Aivar is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Aivo a male or female name?
- Aivo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Aivo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 842 people named Aivo in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aivo.
- How common is the name Aivo?
- In Latvia, the national register counted 83 people named Aivo, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Aivo compared with other names?
- In Estonia, Aivo is the 135th most common given name of 9,600 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Aivo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aivoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Aivo” — the 135th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.