Given name
Yvonne
“a young archer”
Yvonne is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yvonne is a diminutive of Yves. One French interpretation is “a young archer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In French use, Yvonne is used as a feminine counterpart of YvEs.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yvonne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 156,738
- 619 boys · 156,119 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 3,700 babies
- 2025
- 92
- #2,063 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 92 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,063 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 3,686 in 1953. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (16). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 118,154 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.
Yvonne’s family of names
Yvonne is a diminutive of Yves. In Cebuano usage, Yvonne is a feminine form of Yvon. In German usage, Yvonne has a related form in Yvette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Yvonne has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
19 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 34
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yvettevariant · German
- Ivettevariant · German
- Ivonnevariant · German
- Yvesfull form · Tagalog, ceb
- Vonniediminutive · English
- Yvonnavariant · Faroese
- Yavettevariant
- Yevettavariant
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- Yevettevariant
- Yvettavariant
- Yvettvariant
- Yvelinevariant
- Yavannavariant
- Yavondavariant
- Yavonnavariant
- Yavonnevariant
- Yvonniavariant
- Yvonnievariant
- Yvonvariant · Tagalog, ceb
- Yvonevariant
- Ivonavariant · German, Slovak
- Yyvonnelikely variant
- Yvvonnelikely variant
- Bonbondiminutive · ceb
- Yvonnvariant · German
- Yevettvariant
- Yvetavariant
- Yvetvariant
- Yavannevariant
- Yavandavariant
- Yvonnyvariant
- Yvonnetjesdiminutive · Dutch
- Yvonnetjediminutive · Dutch
- Ivetavariant · German
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Yovanarelated form
- Ivonnequivalent
- Ivoneborrowing · Portuguese
- Iwonarelated form · Polish
- Lavonnerelated form
- Vonnarelated form
- Ивонаequivalent
- ИвоннRussian
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yvonne
- Yvonne De CarloCanadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007)
- Yvonne StrahovskiAustralian actressborn 1982
- Yvonne Choquet-BruhatFrench mathematician and physicist1923–2025
- Yvonne MitchellBritish actress (1915–1979)
- Yvonne FarrellIrish architect (born 1951)
- Yvonne EllimanAmerican singer and actressborn 1951
- Yvonne CatterfeldGerman singerborn 1979
- Yvonne CraigAmerican actress (1937–2015)
- Yvonne van GennipDutch speed skaterborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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