Yvonne
Yvonne is a feminine given name, the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the French name Yves and Yvette. It is from the French word iv, meaning "yew". Since yew wood was used for bows, Ivo may have been an occupational name meaning "archer". Yvonne/Ivonne is also a Spanish girl name.
This name first arrived in England with the Norman invasion, along with variations such as Yvette and male versions of the same name. It was reintroduced into English-speaking countries in the early 20th century. It is currently 173rd in the United States popular names list. It has also lost popularity in France, where in 1900 it was the 7th most popular name.
Yvonne has several name days: May 26 in Sweden and December 11th in Ireland and Scotland.
People
- Yvonne Adair, English composer, pianist, and teacher
- Yvonne Agazarian, English psychotherapist
- Yvonne Aitken, Australian agricultural scientist
- Yvonne Anderson, American–Serbian basketball player
- Yvonne Andersson, Swedish politician
- Yvonne Andres, American educator
- Yvonne Arnaud, French actress
- Yvonne Artaud, French artist, educator, ethnologist, and psychologist
- Yvonne Atwell, Canadian activist, politician, and hospital administrator
- Yvonne Audette, Australian abstract artist
- Yvonne Banvard, Australian actress
- Yvonne Barr, Irish virologist
- Yvonne Barrett, Australian singer
- Yvonne Baseden, French secret agent
- Yvonne Bezard, French archivist
- Yvonne Bijenhof, Dutch politician
- Yvonne Blake, English–Spanish costume designer
- Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, American lawyer and politician
- Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress
- Yvonne Bryceland, South African actress
- Yvonne Cagle, American astronaut, physicist, and professor
- Yvonne Caples, American boxer
- Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress
- Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South African singer
- Yvonne Chauffin, French writer
- Yvonne Cherrie, Tanzanian actress
- Yvonne Chouteau, American ballet dancer
- Yvonne Clark, American mechanical engineer
- Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer
- Yvonne Cryns, American midwife and political activist
- Yvonne Daldossi, Italian speed skater
- Yvonne Daunt, French dancer
- Yvonne Dausab, Namibian lawyer and politician
- Yvonne Davis, American politician
- Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian–American actress
- Yvonne De Rosa, Italian photographer
- Yvonne Desportes, French composer, writer, and music educator
- Yvonne Domenge, Mexican sculptor
- Yvonne Drewry, English artist and art teacher
- Yvonne Duarte, Brazilian martial artist
- Yvonne Ejim, Canadian basketball player
- Yvonne Ekwere, Nigerian actress and media personality
- Yvonne Elkuch, Liechtensteiner cyclist
- Yvonne Elliman, American actress, singer, and songwriter
- Yvonne Farrell, Irish academic and architect
- Yvonne Fovargue, British politician
- Yvonne Frank, German field hockey player
- Yvonne Furneaux, French–English actress
- Yvonne Gage, American singer
- Yvonne Gall, French operatic lyric soprano
- Yvonne Gardelle, American actress and dancer
- Yvonne George, Belgian actress and singer
- Yvonne Gilan, Scottish actress, writer, and vocal coach
- Yvonne Gómez, Spanish–American figure skater
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, American judge and lawyer
- Yvonne Gouverné, French pianist
- Yvonne Graves, English cricketer
- Yvonne Green, English barrister, poet, translator, and writer
- Yvonne Hackenbroch, German–born British museum curator and historian of jewellery
- Yvonne Haddad, Syrian-born American Islamic scholar
- Yvonne Hasler, Lichtensteiner heptathlete and sprinter
- Yvonne Hayes Hinson, American politician
- Yvonne Hijgenaar, Dutch racing cyclist and speed skater
- Yvonne Hirdman, Swedish historian and gender researcher
- Yvonne Howell, American actress
- Yvonne Hubert, Belgian–born Canadian pedagogue and pianist
- Yvonne Hudson, American actress and comedian
- Yvonne Hutton, British comics artist
- Yvonne Ingdal, Danish actress
- Yvonne Jacquette, American painter and printmaker
- Yvonne Jammet, French landscape painter and sculptor
- Yvonne Johnson, American politician
- Yvonne Jones, Canadian politician
- Yvonne Jospa, Belgian resistance fighter
- Yvonne Jourjon, French pilot and flight instructor
- Yvonne Kanazawa, Japanese athlete
- Yvonne Kauger, American attorney and judge
- Yvonne Keeley, Dutch singer
- Yvonne Kennedy, American politician and college president
- Yvonne Kenny, Australian opera singer
- Yvonne Keuls, Dutch writer
- Yvonne Khamati, Kenyan politician
- Yvonne Koolmatrie, Australian artist and weaver
- Yvonne Kroonenberg, Dutch author and psychologist
- Yvonne Kunze, German short-track speed skater
- Yvonne Lacroix, French figure skater
- Yvonne Lammerich, German-born Canadian curator, writer, and visual artist
- Yvonne Lefébure, French pianist and teacher
- Yvonne Lim, Singaporean actress
- Yvonne Lindholm, Swedish politician
- Yvonne Lindsay, New Zealand romance novelist
- Yvonne Lopez, American politician
- Yvonne Loriod, French pianist
- Yvonne Lui, Hong Kong–based businesswoman and philanthropist
- Yvonne Lyon, Scottish musician
- Yvonne Mboissona, Central African politician
- Yvonne Mburu, Kenyan immunologist
- Yvonne McGuinness, Irish visual artist
- Yvonne Meusburger Garamszegi, Austrian tennis player
- Yvonne Minton, Australian opera singer
- Yvonne Mitchell, English actress and author
- Yvonne Monlaur, French actress
- Yvonne Mosquito, English politician
- Yvonne Mounsey, South African–American ballet dancer and teacher
- Yvonne Musarurwa, Zimbabwean politician and political rights activist
- Yvonne Navarro, American author
- Yvonne Nelson, Ghanaian actress and entrepreneur
- Yvonne Okoro, Ghanaian–Nigerian actress
- Yvonne Orji, Nigerian–American actress and comedian
- Yvonne Pendleton, American astrophysicist
- Yvonne Perry, American actress
- Yvonne Picard, French philosopher and resistance fighter
- Yvonne Pitrois, French writer
- Yvonne Ploetz, German politician
- Yvonne Porcella, American art quilter
- Yvonne Pouzin, French physician
- Yvonne Preiswerk, Swiss anthropologist
- Yvonne Prévost, French tennis player
- Yvonne Printemps, French actress and singer
- Yvonne Rainer, American dancer
- Yvonne Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
- Yvonne Rand, American meditation teacher and priest
- Yvonne Reynders, Belgian cyclist
- Yvonne Ridley, English author, journalist, and politician
- Yvonne Rokseth, French composer, musicologist, organist, violinist, writer, and resistance fighter
- Yvonne Ross, American actress
- Yvonne Rudellat, French secret agent
- Yvonne Rust, New Zealand potter
- Yvonne Ruwaida, German–born Swedish politician
- Yvonne Ryding, Swedish beauty queen, dancer, and model
- Yvonne Sanchez, American basketball coach
- Yvonne Sanson, Greek–Italian actress
- Yvonne Sapia, American poet
- Yvonne Saunders, Jamaican–born English–Canadian track and field athlete
- Yvonne Sciò, Italian actress and model
- Yvonne Seifert, German freestyle skier
- Yvonne Serruys, Belgian–French sculptor
- Yvonne Sherman, American figure skater
- Yvonne Stokes, Australian mathematician
- Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
- Yvonne Tasker, English scholar
- Yvonne Thomas, French–born American abstract artist
- Yvonne Thompson, Guyanese–born British business leader
- Yvonne Tobis, Israeli swimmer
- Yvonne Todd, New Zealand photographer
- Yvonne Tousek, Canadian artistic gymnast
- Yvonne Trevino, American boxer and kickboxer
- Yvonne Treviño, Mexican track and field athlete
- Yvonne Tsikata, Ghanaian economist
- Yvonne Turner, American–Hungarian basketball player
- Yvonne Vallée, French actress
- Yvonne van Dorp, Dutch sprinter and long jumper
- Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
- Yvonne van Mentz, South African cricketer
- Yvonne van Vlerken, Dutch triathlete
- Yvonne Vandekerckhove, Belgian swimmer
- Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean author
- Yvonne Verbeeck, Belgian actress
- Yvonne Vermaak, South African tennis player
- Yvonne Visser, Canadian biathlete
- Yvonne Weldon, Australian politician
- Yvonne Yao, Taiwanese actress
- Yvonne Yung, Chinese actress and beauty queen
- Yvonne Ziegler, French resistance fighter, artist, and educator
- Yvonne Zima, American actress
Fictional characters
- Miss Yvonne, Pee-wee's Playhouse character
- Yvonne Atkins, character from the British drama series Bad Girls; portrayed by Linda Henry
- Yvonne Casey, character from the British soap opera Coronation Street; portrayed by Yvonne O'Grady
- Yvonne Cotton, character from the British soap opera EastEnders; portrayed by Pauline McLynn
- Yvonne Doyle, character from the Irish soap opera Fair City; portrayed by Ciara O'Callaghan
- Yvonne Jeffries, character from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street; portrayed by Alison Quigan
- Yvonne Parker, character from American drama series Orange Is the New Black, portrayed by Lorraine Toussaint
- Yvonne Teasley, Beverly Hills, 90210 character; portrayed by Denise Dowse
Variations
- Croatian language: Ivona
- Czech language: Ivana, Ivona, Yvona
- German language: Ivonne
- Greek language: Υβόννη
- Irish language: Aoibheann, Aoibhinn
- Italian language: Ivana
- Latvian language: Ivonna
- Macedonian language: Ивoна
- Malaysian language: Eevon
- Polish language: Iwona
- Portuguese language: Ivone
- Romanian language: Ivona, Ivonn
- Serbian language: Ивoна
- Slovene language: Ivona
- Spanish language: Ivón, Ivona, Ivone
- Swahili language: Yvonne