Yvés
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yvés is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 28th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From French Yves, from Germanic.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 588(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 598
- FRFrance≈1 in 771
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 398 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 588 (inferred from the name graph)
≈88,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Yves in FR France, US United States, BE Belgium and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From French Yves, from Germanic.
Sources 4
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yvés counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #101 | ≈88,000 est. | ≈1 in 771 | 229K | Yves | 398 |
| CM Cameroon | #28 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 598 | — | Yves | 56 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #81 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Yves | 37 |
| CN China | — | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Yves | 21 |
| BE Belgium | #60 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 588 | — | Yves | 179 |
| CH Switzerland | #107 | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 997 | — | Yves | 140 |
| US United States | — | 4,543 | 1 in 73K | 4.2K | Yves | 349 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yvés mean, and where does it come from?
- From French Yves, from Germanic. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Yvés have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 88 thousand people named Yvés in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yves.
- How common is the name Yvés?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,543 people named Yvés in 2020, about 1 in 73 thousand residents.
- How common is Yvés compared with other names?
- In France, Yvés is the 101st most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yv%C3%A9sThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yvés” — the 101st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.