Ivy
EYE-vee
English/Latin
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Ivy plant; Climbing vine; Faithfulness
- Origin
- English/Latin
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Ivy does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Ivy plant; Climbing vine; Faithfulness", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Ivy.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1880s (0.044% of births), currently rising
- Spiritual meaning
- Ivy abides in the vine — bearing much fruit, doing nothing apart from Christ, the climbing plant whose faithfulness is measured by how tightly she clings.
- Verses on this meaning
- John 15:5
"I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."
- John 15:4
"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me."
- John 15:5