Yvette
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: French: feminine form of Yves; the little archer
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ivɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yvette is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 23rd most common given name.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 2.6K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 4K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 479 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Celtic origin, feminine form of Yves; from a word meaning ‘yew’.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
How Yvette is read(measured from records)
Yvette is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English65%
French: feminine form of Yves; the little archer
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
A female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French16%
Celtic origin, feminine form of Yves; from a word meaning ‘yew’.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Feminine form related to Yves; from the yew tree. Saint Yves, 19 May.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
a female given name, masculine equivalent Yves
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Féminin d’Yves, d’origine bretonne/celtique.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Spanish7.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Yvette in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yvette 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Yvette | 27 |
| US United States | #519 | 53,499 | 1 in 6.2K | 53K | Yvette | 479 |
| FR France | — | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 203K | — | 7 |
| GB United Kingdom | #552 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 4 | Yvette | 205 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Yvette | 33 |
| AU Australia | #529 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 4K | 85 | Yvette | 191 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Yvette | 66 |
| JM Jamaica | #23 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Yvette | 17 |
| GY Guyana | — | 383 | 1 in 2K | 383 | — | 7 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yvette Williamsb. 1929NZNew Zealand athlete
- Yvette Mimieuxb. 1942USAmerican actress (1942–2022)
- Ronnie Spectorb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (1943–2022)
- Chaka Khanb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1953)
- Yvette Freemanb. 1957USAmerican actress
- Yvette Clarkeb. 1964USAmerican politician (born 1964)
- Yvette Cooperb. 1969GBBritish politician (born 1969)
- Yolanda Griffithb. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1970)
- Yvette Nicole Brownb. 1971USAmerican actress
- Yvette Monrealb. 1992USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1995 | 203K | #2,041 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 53K | #855 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 383 | #257 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 128 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1973 | 85 | #93 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 81 | #855 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1991 | 4 | #542 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1987 | 4 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2014 | 2 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2014 | 2 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Yvette?
- A machine transcription gives /ivɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- Where does the name Yvette come from?
- Celtic origin, feminine form of Yves; from a word meaning ‘yew’. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Yvette a male or female name?
- Yvette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Yvette?
- In the etymology graph, Ivonne, Ivette and Ivone are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Yvette mean?
- In English, French: feminine form of Yves; the little archer
- In which country does Yvette have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 207 thousand people named Yvette in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yvette.
- How common is the name Yvette?
- In the United States, the national register counted 53,499 people named Yvette in 2020, about 1 in 6.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Yvette compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Yvette is the 23rd most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
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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, “Yvette” — the 23rd most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.