Yvonne

Where Yvonne comes from

From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows.
— Wiktionary's entry for Yvonne
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #993 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Yvonne De Carlo born
    Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer
  3. 1937
    Peak, #77
    3,171 babies named Yvonne — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #173.
  5. 1982
    Yvonne Strahovski born
    Australian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
Namesakes
  • Yvonne De Carlo · Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer, 1922–2007
  • Yvonne Strahovski · Australian actress, born 1982
  • Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat · French mathematician and physicist, 1923–2025
  • Yvonne Mitchell · British actress, 1915–1979
  • Yvonne Elliman · American singer and actress, born 1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.