Yvette is a girl's name of French origin meaning “yew.” In 2024 it was given to 129 girls in the United States.
Yvette belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “yew” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Yves.
In the United States, Yvette first appears in Social Security records in 1898. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #125 in 1967, and in 2024 129 babies received the name — 63,918 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yvette means “yew” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yvette is a girl name. In 2024, 129 babies received the name in the US.
Yvette comes from the French tradition. It is also spelled Yves.
Yvette first appears in US records in 1898. Its best-ever ranking was #125 in 1967, and 129 babies were given the name in 2024.
Yvette is pronounced /iːˈvɛt/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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