Ivy

ivy -ivý English Etymology 1 From en ivy, the name of a plant. An ivy branch used to be hung outside an establishment to advertise that it sold alcohol, so it may originally been an occupationational surname for the proprietor of such an establishment. en Proper noun s ies en unisex English. en female English; popular in the UK in the beginning of the 20th century. 1882 Something to Read. (Edited by) Edwin John Bret: Something to read novelette. page 254: Little Ivy's life, as the months pass on, is a quiet, uneventful one, but exceedingly happy withal: - - - "You have a strange name, my dear," the old lady says one day, and the child answers in her serious, old-fashioned way, "Yes, so everyone has always said. You know my mamma died when I was born, and papa named me that because he said that I came when his heart was all aching with sorrow, and twined around it and comforted him." en 1974 Patrick White The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories. 204 Cape 0224009923 Kind people apply all the milder words to your face; only Father ever called it ugly. Ugly Ivy mingy as her name. Father himself was handsome and drunken. Mother had wanted 'Ivy' simple and yet pretty and for once stuck to her guns. You wished she hadn't. en rare en male English. Ivy Andrews Ivy Andrews, Ivy Calvin Ivy Calvin, Ivy Lee Ivy Lee en rare en male Ivan. Ivy Olson Ivy Olson, Ivy Williamson Ivy Williamson en English. Derived terms en Ive Etymology 2 Ellipsis of en Ivy League. Noun en informal A university that is part of the en Ivy League. Derived terms en little Ivy en public Ivy Further reading Ivy (name) Ivy (disambiguation) See also en Ivie Ivey Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Ivy, from en ivy. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb female English Tagalog Etymology tl en Ivy, from en ivy. Pronunciation Ayvy + Proper noun ayvi tl female English