Iivo

Iivo is a predominantly Estonian, Finnish, and Karelian masculine given name.

In both Finnish and Estonian, it is a cognate of Ivo. In Finnish, it is also often a shortened form of Iivari.^[4]

As of 1 January 2023, 27 men in Estonian bear the first name Iivo, making it the 1,292nd most popular male name in the country.^[5] In Finland, between the years 2020 and 2022, 379 men were shown to bear the name in the Population Information System.^[6]

People named Iivo include:

• Iivo Ahava (1896–1919), Karelian-Finnish military officer and Karelian nationalist
• Iivo Härkönen [fi] (1882–1941), Karelian-Finnish writer, teacher and collector of Karelian folklore
• Iivo Hokkanen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
• Iivo Nei (born 1931), Estonian chess master
• Iivo Niskanen (born 1992), Finnish cross-country skier
• Iivo Väänänen (1887–1959), Finnish sport shooter
• Iivo Wegelius [fi] (formerly Iivo Järvitalo; born 1971), Finnish ice hockey player and coach