Ivory (name)

Ivory is a unisex given name and a surname. ^{[1] [2]} It means 'White as elephant tunks'.

Ivory

Gender	Unisex
Language	English
Origin
Meaning	"White as elephant tunks"
Other names
Variant form	Ivorie

In 2024, it was the 404th most popular name for baby girls in the United States. ^[3]

Notable people

• Ivory (wrestler), American wrestler Lisa Mary Moretti (born 1961)

Surname

• George Ivory (disambiguation), several people
• Horace Ivory (born 1954), American football player
• James Ivory (disambiguation), several people
• Judith Ivory, pen name of Judy Cuevas, American romance novelist
• Thomas Ivory (1709–1779), British architect
• Thomas Ivory (Irish architect) (died 1786)
• Trevor Ivory, British political candidate
• William (Billy) Ivory (born 1964), British screenwriter, playwright and actor

Given name

• Ivory Aquino (born 1977/1978), Filipina-American actress
• Ivory Lee Brown (born 1969), American football player
• Ivory Crockett (born 1948), American sprinter
• Ivory Chittison (1908–1967), American jazz pianist
• Ivory Chamberlain (1821–1881), American editor
• Ivory Glaze, drag performer
• Ivory Harris, American drug trafficker
• Ivory O. Hillis Jr. (born 1930), American politician
• Ivory Joe Hunter (1914–1974), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
• Ivory Kimball (1843–1916), American lawyer and judge
• Ivory Latta (born 1984), American basketball player
• Ivory V. Nelson, American educator
• Ivory Nwokorie, Nigerian powerlifter
• Ivory Quinby (1817–1869), American businessman
• Ivory Sully (born 1957), American football player
• Ivory Lee Toldson (died 2012), American psychologist
• Ivory A. Toldson (born c. 1974), American academic
• Ivory Torrey Thigpen (born 1978), American politician
• Ivory Williams (born 1985), American sprinter
• Ivory Winston (1911–1996), African-American singer

References

1. Moss, Jennifer. "Ivory: Name Meaning, Popularity and Info on BabyNames.com". babynames.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
2. "Ivory Surname Meaning & Ivory Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
3. "Popularity for the name Ivory - Behind the Name". www.behindthename.com. Retrieved 2025-09-07.