Etymology

St Ives

Today it means: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5140). Full definition →

Old English *īfet
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  1. Old English · inherited from*īfet
  2. English todaySt Ives

* Cornwall: Seen from 1284. From St Ia, a Cornish saint. * Cambridgeshire: Seen from 1110. From Ivo of Ramsey, a Cornish saint whose relics were found here. * Dorset: Seen from 1167. 'Place overgrown with ivy' from Old English *īfet. Saint added more recently in reference to other settlements called St Ives. * New South Wales: Named in 1900, likely from either the Cornish town or after Isaac Ellis Ives, a local politician.

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