Tuesday, August 21, 2012

THE MEANING OF IVY VIRAY

IVY VIRAY

Meaning & Origins

Ivy
From the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old English īfig). This given name was adopted at the end of the 19th century together with a large number of other words denoting flowers and plants pressed into service as girls' names. It is currently somewhat out of fashion.


Southern French (Occitan) and Catalan: variant of Occitan Verai and Veray, nickname from Occitan verai ‘honest’. From southern France this name spread to northern Catalonia.

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