Iivo Explained

Iivo
Gender:	Male
Region:	Karelia^[1]
Language:	Estonian, Finnish, Karelian, Estonian
Origin:	Iivari
Related Names:	Ivalo, Ivar, Ivari, Iivari, Ivo, Iivi, Iive
Name Day:	22 August (both Estonia and Finland)^[2] ^[3]

Iivo is a predominantly Estonian, Finnish, and Karelian masculine given name.

In both Finnish and Estonian, it is a cognate of Ivo. In Finnish, it is also often a shortened form of Iivari.^[4]

As of 1 January 2023, 27 men in Estonian bear the first name Iivo, making it the 1,292nd most popular male name in the country.^[5] In Finland, between the years 2020 and 2022, 379 men were shown to bear the name in the Population Information System.^[6]

People named Iivo include:

• Iivo Ahava (1896 - 1919), Karelian-Finnish military officer and Karelian nationalist
• (1882–1941), Karelian-Finnish writer, teacher and collector of Karelian folklore
• Iivo Hokkanen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
• Iivo Nei (born 1931), Estonian chess master
• Iivo Niskanen (born 1992), Finnish cross-country skier
• Iivo Väänänen (1887–1959), Finnish sport shooter
• (formerly Iivo Järvitalo; born 1971), Finnish ice hockey player and coach

Notes and References

1. Book: Vilkuna, Kustaa. Suuri nimipäiväkalenteri. 1969. 227. Otava. Helsinki. fi.
2. Web site: Estonian Name Days . Behind the Name . 2022 . 19 January 2023.
3. Web site: Finnish Name Days . Behind the Name . 2022 . 19 January 2023.
4. Web site: Iivo . Nordic Names . 2022 . 19 January 2023.
5. Web site: Iivo . Eesti nimide statistika. 1 January 2023. 19 January 2023. et.
6. Web site: Iivo . Digital and Population Data and Services Agency . 16 January 2023. 19 January 2023.