Given name & surname
Yvon
“a young archer”
In French use, Yvon is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In French use, Yvon is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In French use, Yvon is a diminutive of Yves. An origin associated with Yves is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Yvon is a diminutive of Yves.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yvon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 276
- 229 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,260 as a first name in 2020; 224 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yvon’s family of names
In French usage, Yvon is a diminutive of Yves. In Cebuano usage, Yvon has a feminine form in Yvonne. Yvon has a related form in Yvonne.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yvon has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yvon
- Yvon MvogoSwiss association football playerborn 1994
- Yvon Le RouxFrench association football player and manager (born 1960)
- Yvon DouisFrench footballer (1935–2021)
- Yvon PetraFrench tennis player (1916–1984)
- Yvon ChouinardAmerican mountain climber (1938-)
- Yvon NeptuneHaitian Prime Ministerborn 1946
- Yvon BeliënDutch volleyball playerborn 1993
- Yvon DelbosFrench politician (1885-1956)
- Yvon Madiotcyclistborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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