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Is Ives an Irish name?
The name common among the Normans and Bretons was originally of Breton origin and derived ultimately from a British Celtic (or perhaps Gaulish) stem ib- 'yew'. This surname is very rare in France; in North America it may thus in some cases (also) be an altered form of the variant Yves.
The name common among the Normans and Bretons was originally of Breton origin and derived ultimately from a British Celtic (or perhaps Gaulish) stem ib- 'yew'. This surname is very rare in France; in North America it may thus in some cases (also) be an altered form of the variant Yves.