Yvonne
Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word iv, meaning "yew". Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer". Yvonne/Ivonne is also a Spanish girl name.
Meaning & Origin of Yvonne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word iv, meaning "yew". Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer". Yvonne/Ivonne is also a Spanish girl name.
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The Story of Yvonne
Yvonne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1886, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1953, when 3,686 Yvonnes were born — ranking #103 that year. As of 2026, Yvonne ranks #2,465 for baby girls with 73 births, falling sharply (-23%). In total, more than 156K Yvonnes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Yvonne
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- Yvonne Adair (1897–1989), English composer, pianist, and teacher
- Yvonne Agazarian (1929–2017), English psychotherapist
- Yvonne Aitken (1911–2004), Australian agricultural scientist
- Yvonne Anderson (born 1990), American–Serbian basketball player
- Yvonne Andersson (born 1951), Swedish politician
- Yvonne Andres , American educator
- Yvonne Arnaud (1890–1958), French actress
- Yvonne Artaud (1924–2009), French artist, educator, ethnologist, and psychologist
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Names that sound like Yvonne
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About the name Yvonne
Yvonne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 156K births in the dataset. Yvonne's peak popularity came in 1953 when it ranked #77. Use the chart and map above to compare Yvonne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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