Nickname "Ivy"

I like the name Ivy but I want more substance and most of my favourite names are long (Wilhelmina, Rosalind, Elisabeth etc)

What names could give the nickname Ivy

The couple I’ve thought of are a stretch

  • Vivienne (Vivi → Ivy)
  • Sylviana (Sylvi → Vi → Vivi → Ivy)

It would be stretchy, but I kinda feel like you can go with almost any longer name that has a V in it.

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] (Vieve to Ivy)
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] (Evy to Ivy)
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] (Vee to Ivy)

[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivanna[/name_f]

You could potentially do a I and V name combo (nn I. V. → Ivy)

[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f]

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[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Liviana[/name_f]
Yvette/Ivette
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]

I knew of an [name_f]Ivelisse[/name_f] nn Ivy… but I’m pretty sure her name was said like Eva-Lise nn Eve-ee.

[name_u]Ivy[/name_u] is nice, I think any name with the initials IV would work. [name_f]Isolde[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Ileana[/name_f] [name_u]Victory[/name_u], etc.? [name_u]Or[/name_u] even something with the “eye” and “vee” sounds like [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] [name_f]Jovie[/name_f]?

Good luck!

Thank you for all the suggestions!

Seconding the IV initials.

I also had [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] nn [name_u]Ivy[/name_u] on my list for a while. It’s pretty stretchy, but in the same vein as [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] or Sylvie/Sylvia/Sylviana nn [name_u]Ivy[/name_u].

[name_f]Ivanka[/name_f] / [name_f]Ivana[/name_f] was my first thought!