Ivo

Ivo is a Germanic given name derived from the element *iwa*, meaning yew tree, a wood long prized for making bows and associated with strength and endurance. The name was carried into medieval Western Europe partly through the veneration of Saint Ivo of Kermartin, the thirteenth-century Breton lawyer and patron saint of jurists. It spread widely across Romance and Slavic languages in forms such as Yves in French and Ivan in its broader Slavic adaptation. Closely related variants include Ivor, Ives, and Yvon.