The Ivy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,524 people carried this name — #2,667 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 12,760 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ivy surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Ive’.

His entry covers Ivey, Ivie and Ivy.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 422 · public domain.

In print

Ivy in American newspapers,
1910–1915.

Newspaper page from The Southern Herald carrying the name Ivy
The Southern Herald 1915-02-19
Newspaper page from The Circle Banner carrying the name Ivy
The Circle Banner 1915-02-05
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Ivy
Daily Kennebec Journal 1910-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ivy in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2010s.

141,582 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ivy. The most, 32,363, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 47,759
Queensland 31,512
Victoria 27,251
Western Australia 15,286
South Australia 13,987
Tasmania 5,046
ACT (Canberra) 404
Northern Territory 92

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ivy.

Who carried it

People named Ivy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vernettie O. Ivy
    Vernettie O. Ivy 1876–1967 · politician
  • Andrew Conway Ivy
    Andrew Conway Ivy 1893–1978 · physician
  • James W. Ivy 1901–1974 · editor
  • Mary Ivy Burks 1920–2007 · naturalist
  • Cotton Ivy 1930–2021 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ivy,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States628 records

628 records of the Ivy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 406
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 168
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Isaac Ivy

    Born 1903 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jesse W. Ivy

    Born 1945; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Ivy

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Jno. Henry from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 628 records for Ivy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Ivy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 34
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Ivy

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Ivy

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Ida, aged 27; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mackay Ivy

    Of Sth Ballarat, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Ivy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada25 records

25 records of the Ivy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 23
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gonzague Ivy

    Died 1937 in Belle Marche, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William James Ivy

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adelina Ivy

    Married 1872 in Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 25 records for Ivy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Ivy name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Ivy

    Worcestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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