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I know an Ivory. I think her full name is Ivory Tuesday or Ivory Wednesday? I can't remember which. I like it, people call her "Ives" for short which I think is really cute.

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Ivory has a delicate, fairytale imagery to me - a name that is pretty but impractical, like the names from folk stories are: Goldilocks and Briar Rose and Rapunzel and what have you. Of course it also makes me think of towers :) I like it as a name, and I loved meeting a real-life Ivory. I didn't think of elephants, soap or pianos at all when I did.

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Ivory Amalthea
Ivory Christina
Ivory Winifred
Ivory Millicent
Ivory Arwen
Ivory Abigail
Ivory Imogene
Ivory Melusine
Ivory Miriam
Ivory Amelia
Ivory Lillian
Ivory Evelyn
Ivory Melissa

I think it's pretty.

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I know an Ivory, and she's really nice. A lot of people call her Ivy by mistake, though.

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Ivory April
Ivory Alexis
Ivory Amabel
Ivory Araceli
Ivory Cassandra
Ivory Edwige
Ivory Eleanor
Ivory Eloise
Ivory Evangeline
Ivory Florence
Ivory Gabrielle
Ivory Isabeau
Ivory Jane
Ivory Madeleine
Ivory Odessa
Ivory Savannah
Ivory Suzanne
Ivory Tamsin
Ivory Therese
Ivory Verona

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My favorites are Ivory Edwige and Ivory Alexis...

This message was edited 9/23/2015, 11:38 AM

Honestly I don't like it at it. I think it is slightly better on a boy, but I still don't like it then.

I think it's a beautiful name - a very namey word. I wish it were just a name. It's like Amber - both a color word and a "gemmy" type word. I'm not bothered about elephant tusks... I mean, I would never think of that if I met an Ivory. I think the worst thing about it is the concern that someone would take it to be evocative of race, like Ebony (regardless of the bearer's own appearance). The second worst thing is the association with soap, which isn't that bad.

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So I think it's very nice to see on someone, but is hard enough to use that I think it will stay rare.

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Ivory Cristina
Ivory Nephele (see what I did there)
Ivory Parisa

This message was edited 9/22/2015, 7:34 PM

I love Ivory. It was quite high on my list at one time. I don't think I could use it though. It almost feels wrong. I love the sound but besides it being faintly tied to being white/Caucasian it feels too sacred as an actual thing. My mind just goes straight to poaching

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Ivory Selinia
Ivory Kate
Ivory Laurence
Ivory Belinda
Ivory Abigail
Ivory Meredith
Ivory Gillian
Ivory Danica
Ivory Jane
Ivory Morgana

It's one of the very few names I just can't take seriously. It's odd, because there are way more obscure word names that I would happily use, but I can't get on board with Ivory.

I like it, but am worried that it's too tied to elephant tusks..

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Ivory Mae
Ivory Elizabeth
Ivory Francesca
Ivory Jane
Ivory Helene

It's...okay. Don't love it, don't hate it.

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Ivory Amadea
Ivory Elisabeth
Ivory Jobeth
Ivory Ruth-Ann
Ivory Yolande
Ivory Bethan
Ivory Tamsin

I don't like it. It's not a very attractive name.

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Ivory Estelle
Ivory Miriam
Ivory Margo
Ivory Larissa
Ivory Danielle
Ivory Norma
Ivory Gwen
Ivory Melesina
Ivory Charmaine
Ivory Florence
Ivory Johnna
Ivory Gardenia
Ivory Tamara
Ivory Rexanne
Ivory Kimbra
Ivory Patience
Ivory Blanche

I like Ivory, it's the name of one of the singers at my church. She seems like a lovely woman.

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Sometimes I play around with Corinthia Ivory. As for Ivory as a first name, I have no idea. Maybe...

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Ivory Susan
Ivory Pamela
Ivory Auguste
Ivory Elinor / Eleanor
Ivory Anfisa
Ivory Ronalda
Ivory Alba
Ivory Philomela
Ivory Mildred
Ivory Roslindis

Ivory Gale (Gale is my go-to middle)

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Ivory Nadine
Ivory Larissa
Ivory Mathilde
Ivory Francine
Ivory Willow
Ivory Anna
Ivory Rhiannon
Ivory Renee
Ivory Helene
Ivory Elena
Ivory Brielle
Ivory Pleasance
Ivory Joselyn

One of the less attractive gem names, I think. Calls to mind soap and elephant tusks. If I was Ivory I wouldn't like to hear about ivory bans and the illegal ivory trae.

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The one Ivory I ever knew was a guy, a black guy, and so Ivory on him seemed as silly as Ebony on a white girl.