Given name & surname
Yve
“a young archer”
Yve is a variant of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yve is a variant of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yve is a variant of Yves. An origin associated with Yves is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,216 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,216 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yve’s family of names
In French usage, Yve has a diminutive in YVELIN. Yve has a related form in Yves.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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