Iva?

I found this name on my family tree and I really like it! What are your thoughts on it? I like how it has a similar sound to some popular names yet it’s a little different. Any middle name suggestions? I generally prefer girly, vintage, romantic sounding names.

Hmm. It’s interesting. [name]How[/name] do you say it? I personally prefer [name]Ivy[/name], but [name]Iva[/name] certainly is striking and pretty, very unexpected.

Good luck!

[name]Iva[/name] is a lovely name, and on-trend, as you said. And, it’s almost always meaningful to the child to have a family name :slight_smile:

Because it is similar in sound to a lot of the popular names, I’d do something interesting and fun for a mn. You know, if you did [name]Iva[/name] [name]Grace[/name] or [name]Iva[/name] [name]Rose[/name], for examples, she would suddenly not be quite as distinctive as her classmates would certainly be [name]Ava[/name] [name]Grace[/name] and [name]Isla[/name] [name]Rose[/name]…

[name]Iva[/name] [name]Cosette[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Minette[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Margreth[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Gretchen[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Millicent[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Charity[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Marigold[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Crimson[/name]~ Good luck!

I love the name [name]Iva[/name]! [name]Ivah[/name] (with the H) is in my signature. :slight_smile:

[name]Iva[/name] [name]Florence[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Claribel[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Adelyn[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Dolores[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Christabel[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Lilibeth[/name]

I say it as eye-vuh (like the beginning of [name]Ivy[/name] and the end of [name]Ava[/name]).

I agree with something more fun and unexpected as a middle name. I like [name]Iva[/name] [name]Gwendolyn[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Florence[/name], and [name]Iva[/name] [name]Lillian[/name]. [name]Iva[/name] [name]Claire[/name] is gorgeous, but [name]Claire[/name] is too common for me.

I just thought of [name]Iva[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name], what do y’all think of that? Generally I don’t like names ending the same, but this has a nice ring to my ears!

I agree. [name]Iva[/name] is very pretty and I love names to have family connections. I like [name]Iva[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]-very classic, understated, feminine. I’m pronouncing it I-va, not EE-vah.

[name]Iva[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Iva[/name] [name]Penelope[/name]

So beautiful! Close to the super popular [name]Ava[/name] & [name]Eva[/name]…close to the soon-to-boom [name]Ivy[/name]…I love it!

[name]Love[/name] the classiness of [name]Iva[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], but it’s a little to common for me. I really like [name]Iva[/name] [name]Penelope[/name] though!! I’ve tossed it around as a first name, but it would make an awesome middle name!

I have a twin set 3 generations back with sisters [name]Iva[/name] and [name]Ida[/name] (oy vey). She said it ‘eye-vah’. Very pretty name.

I really like [name]Iva[/name] a lot. Very unique. I prefer it with a very classic middle name rather than “fun and unexpected”. I really like the balance you get with middle names along the line of [name]Iva[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Iva[/name] [name]Grace[/name],etc. I think the “fun and unexpected” middle names you mention, take away from the beauty and uniqueness ov [name]Iva[/name]. [name]Just[/name] my opinion, but I really do like all of the suggestions. GL!!!

I really like it! The only downside that crossed my mind is the potential for puns…

My Great Grandmother was [name_f]Iva[/name_f] [name_f]Ree[/name_f] and her daughter (my grandmother) was [name_f]Florence[/name_f]. I saw your first suggestion was a [name_f]Iva[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f] :slight_smile:

I love this name!
It also mean willow in Russian

[name_u]Love[/name_u] it!!! [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Iva[/name_f] [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] as well :slightly_smiling_face: very distinctive x