Anonymous
Post 04/28/2015 12:16     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
I like it!!
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2015 02:20     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
I have an unfortunate negative association with the name, personally, and would never use it because that's the undesirable image that always springs to my mind when I hear the name, but I acknowledge that it's pretty and a perfectly fine and lovely name if someone likes it for their child.
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2015 21:47     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Anonymous wrote:Trendy and trashy. Not a REAL name. IMO


It's my name!
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2015 13:48     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
I love it! We have friends whose 5 year old is Ivy. She's adorable and tough as nails. Love her. I'd use it if they hadn't .
Anonymous
Post 04/27/2015 09:00     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
I actually knows handful of Ivies under five.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 20:21     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Love it.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 20:18     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Can't help to think of Poison Ivy.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 19:58     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Anonymous wrote:Trendy and trashy. Not a REAL name. IMO


What is a fake name? An alias? If it says "Ivy" on your birth certificate, then Ivy is your REAL name.

Or do you mean that there haven't historically been people named Ivy? If so, that's incorrect. See Wikipedia for people named Ivy with Wikipedia pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_(name)
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 18:10     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trendy and trashy. Not a REAL name. IMO


Of course it's a real name. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not a real name.

And if you go to the nameberry page, there is a list of accomplished Ivys. First Female British barrister, a US Sec of the Treasury...go ahead and tell them they were trashy.


That's just silly. I am the PP with a daughter named Ivy. My DH and I both have female ancestors named Ivy in our family tree four or five generations back.

In the 5 years of my DD's life, only one person has ever said anything about poison ivy, and he was a preschooler.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 18:08     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Anonymous wrote:Trendy and trashy. Not a REAL name. IMO


Of course it's a real name. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not a real name.

And if you go to the nameberry page, there is a list of accomplished Ivys. First Female British barrister, a US Sec of the Treasury...go ahead and tell them they were trashy.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 18:06     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
It's definitely at a high right now, but otherwise held a stable popularity over the past 100 years. At it's peak now, there are only about 500 babies for every million, so it's no Sophia... It may keep climbing, but if you used it now, I think you'd be ahead of the trend. Hopefully, it's historical popularity will keep it from becoming a specifically dated name like "Jennifer".

Baby name voyager is great for these questions!!

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=ivy&sw=f&exact=false
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 18:00     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Trendy and trashy. Not a REAL name. IMO
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 17:59     Subject: Re:Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Don't like it. At all. But to each his own.
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 17:58     Subject: Thoughts on the name Ivy?
I don't like it. My first thought is poison....
Anonymous
Post 04/26/2015 17:57     Subject: Re:Thoughts on the name Ivy?
Nice name but Beyonce's Blue Ivy ruined it for me