English (Norman) and French: from the Old French personal name
Ive (modern French Yves), which is of Germanic origin,
being a short form of various compound names containing the element
iv-, iwa ‘yew’. The final -s is the mark of
the Old French nominative case.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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