Unisex name
Ivory
139 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 8.
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.From Wiktionary, entry “Ivory”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 15 births. 139 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 59 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 840 births. 23,114 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (63%) as well as boys (37%). It really came into use around 1890. It is still given: 3,471 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
9 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 7 = 35 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
22
the large-scale builder (master number)
9 + 6 + 7 = 22
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
4 + 9 = 13 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 3, 5, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.