Given name
Yvette
“a young archer”
Yvette is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yvette is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yvette is a diminutive of Yves. An origin associated with Yves is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Yvette is used as a feminine counterpart of Yves.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yvette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64,233
- 186 boys · 64,047 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 2,754 babies
- 2025
- 128
- #1,630 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 128 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,630 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,743 in 1967. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 53,499 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.
Yvette’s family of names
Yvette is a diminutive of Yves. In French usage, Yvette has a later derivative in Iveta. In German usage, Yvette has a related form in Yvonne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yvette has relatives in 9 languages.
10 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ivettevariant · German
- Yvonnevariant · German
- Evettevariant · English
- Yvesfull form
- Yvettavariant · German
- Yyvettelikely variant
- Yvvettelikely variant
- Yvetjesdiminutive · Dutch
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yvette
- Chaka KhanAmerican singer (born 1953)
- Yvette CooperBritish politician (born 1969)
- Yvette GuilbertFrench cabaret singer1865–1944
- Yvette MimieuxAmerican actress (1942–2022)
- Yvette WilliamsNew Zealand athlete1929–2019
- Yvette Nicole BrownAmerican actressborn 1971
- Yvette VickersAmerican actress, singer and model (1928-2010)
- Yvette CauchoisFrench physicist (1908-1999)
- Yvette AndréyorFrench actress (1891-1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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