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I love Ivan and I'd probably use it if it wasn't so popular here (I have two great-grandfathers named Ivan).

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Ivo is dated here and considering that both our former Prime Minister and the current President are named Ivo, I doubt it'll make a comeback any time soon. I prefer it as a nickname anyway.

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I only like them pronounced with an EE.

Ivan doesn't do much for me, I'm afraid.

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Ivo, however, made it on my name list fairly recently. I love Ivo's simplicity, restraint and "understatement".
(An extra plus is that it would also be a heritage choice for me)
Oh, I pronounce it EE-vo, by the way.

I prefer Ivan. Ivo doesn't feel like a full name to me. I'm used to Vanya as the nn for Ivan, but if you like both, use Ivo as the nn. I don't have a prefered prn. for either.

Ivan is a good name, which may be diminutive Ivo, also Ivoš, Ivánek and Vanja. I like pronounce EE-Vahn.

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Ivo is also nice. I like pronounce EE-vaw.

I like Ivan pronounced ee-VAHN. IE-vən is okay, but it's not as pleasing to my ears as ee-VAHN is.

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Ivo is a cool name. I pronounce it EE-vo.

I like Ivan, which I pronounce IE-vən. And I think it works with other names quite easily, if that makes sense.
Not so fond of Ivo so I'd use it as is.

I love Ivan. I pronounce it EYE-van, but I like the Russian pronunciation too. The former would go over better outside of Eastern Europe, though, because of the latter's similarity to Yvonne. I never really got the appeal of Ivo. It always seemed kind of incomplete to me. I'm pronouncing it EE-vo. I'd use Ivan as it is, and if I did use a nn, it would be Vanya instead of Ivo.