Ivory

A surname from Old French.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name from English.
  3. A female given name from English.
    • Charlie Parrott wasn't fooled and told Linny to walk softly. The girl's name had been picked from a baby-name book which reflected a brief fashion of naming girls for expensive wedding gifts of an earlier time—Linen,...

Origin

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.