Yvette
Yvette is a feminine given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means 'yew' or 'archer' in some cases.
Variations
- Catalan: Ivet
- Czech: Iveta
- Dutch: Yvette, Yvet
- English: Yvette, Yvet, Yvett
- French: Yvet, Yvette
- German: Yvet, Yvett, Ivet
- Greek: Yvet
- Hungarian: Ivett
- Italian: Ivette
- Polish: Iweta
- Portuguese: Ivete
- Russian: Иветта
- Spanish: Ivette, Iveth
- Swedish: Yvet, Ivet
- Ukrainian: Іветта
Name days
- Czech Republic: 7 June
- Hungary: 13 January, 6 May and 29 June
- Poland: 13 January
- Slovakia: 27 May
- Bulgaria: 24 June
- Latvia: 12 December
Notable people
- Yvette Alexander, U.S. politician
- Yvette Andréyor, French silent film actress
- Yvette Baker, British orienteer
- Yvette Barbaza, French geographer
- Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita
- Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer
- Yvette Borup Andrews, American photographer
- Yvette Brind'Amour, Canadian actor
- Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress
- Yvette Chauviré, French prima ballerina
- Yvette Clarke, U.S. politician
- Yvette Cooper, British politician
- Yvette Coppersmith, Australian artist
- Yvette D'Ath, Australian politician
- Yvette Devereaux, U.S. conductor
- Yvette Espinosa, English ballerina and ballet teacher
- Yvette Estermann, Swiss politician
- Yvette Fielding, British broadcaster and actress
- Yvette Flores, U.S. child actress for the Kidsongs videos and TV show
- Yvette Flunder, U.S. bishop and singer
- Yvette Fontaine, Belgian racing driver
- Yvette Freeman, U.S. actress
- Yvette Giraud, French singer
- Yvette Girouard, U.S. softball coach
- Yvette Guilbert, French cabaret singer and actress
- Yvette Higgins, Australian water polo player
- Yvetta Hlaváčová, Czech swimmer
- Yvette Jaggi, Swiss politician
- Yvette Jarvis, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model
- Yvette Kane, U.S. judge
- Yvette Kong, Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer
- Yvette Lapointe, Canadian pioneer of Quebec comics
- Yvette Lee Bowser, U.S. television writer and producer
- Yvette Lewis , Panamaian track and field athlete
- Yvette Lu, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer
- Yvette Marie Stevens, American singer, better known as Chaka Khan
- Yvette Michele, U.S. R&B singer
- Yvette Mimieux, U.S. film and television actress
- Yvette Nicole Brown, U.S. actress
- Yvette Nipar, American actress
- Yvette of Huy, Christian prophetess and anchoress
- Yvette Overdyck, New Zealand architect
- Yvette Rekangali, Gabonese politician
- Yvette Roudy, French politician
- Yvette Sylvander, one half of Swedish cover model twins Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander
- Yvette Tollar, Canadian jazz vocalist
- Yvette Vickers, U.S. actress, pin-up model and singer
- Yvette Williams, New Zealand athlete
- Yvette Wilson, U.S. comedian and actress
- Yvette Young, American musician
Fictional characters
- Yvette Carte-Blanche, a fictional character in the British comedy series Allo 'Allo!
- Yvette, the codename of the fictional organiser of the Belgian escape organisation for allied bomber pilots, Lifeline, in the BBC television series Secret Army
- Yvette Saywell, the protagonist of D. H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy
- Yvette, the maid and secondary character in the movie Clue
- Yvette, one of the main six Groovy Girls, a doll series manufactured by Manhattan Toy
- Yvette Durelle, the title character's love interest in Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- Yvette Gabriella Montilyet, Josephine's younger sister in Dragon Age Inquisition.
- Yvette Samoris by Guy de Maupassant
- Yvette Woodgrove, supporting character in Futari wa Pretty Cure''