Ivo
EE-voh
Germanic/French
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Yew wood; Archer
- Origin
- Germanic/French
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Ivo does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Yew wood; Archer", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Ivo.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Ivo is the arrow aimed at the prize — pressing toward the mark with focused purpose and unwavering aim.
- Verses on this meaning
- Philippians 3:14
"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."
- Psalm 127:4
"As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth."
- Philippians 3:14