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''