# Ives vs Ivo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ives
*name · IPA /aɪvz/ · frequency rank #23,012*
A surname originating as a patronymic.

### Ivo
*name · IPA /ˈaɪvəʊ/ · frequency rank #39,870*
A male given name from the Germanic languages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ives-vs-ivo