Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Settlement Usage English (American) Pronounced Pron. Pro-voh(American English) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 2/23/2021 by -TheyMayBeBears- Edited 2/23/2021 by -TheyMayBeBears- Meaning & History Name of a city in Utah after the Provo River, which was named after the French-Canadian trapper Etienne Provost.