March 4
Why this day? Ives is a short form of Ivy, and shares its name day.
Ives is celebrated in the United States on March 4; Argentina on May 19.
Ives is a short form of Ivy. It keeps its origin (Old English) and meaning — the ivy plant (symbol of fidelity and eternity), and shares its name day, March 4.
On birth records, Ives is rarely written as such: the Ivess are Ivys (61,190 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Ivy page.
Ives is a short form of Ivy, which means the ivy plant (symbol of fidelity and eternity).
March 4, together with Ivy: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Ivy.
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