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Name meaning & stats

Ivone

Ivone means “yew” (French origin). 410 US babies since 1940, peak 1972. Notable Ivones are 1.2× over-represented as writers.

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What it means

“yew”

FrenchSpelling of Yvonne

Yvonne around the world

  • Ивонн · Russian
  • Івона · Ukrainian
  • إيفون · Arabic
  • איבון · Hebrew
  • イヴォンヌ · Japanese
  • 伊冯娜 · Chinese
  • Yvona · Czech

Famous Yvonnes

  • Yvonne De Carlo · Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007)
  • Yvonne Strahovski · Australian actress

Yvonne’s name day

  • August 8 · Norway
  • May 29 · Sweden
  • May 19 · Germany, France
  • December 23 · Germany

In US birth records

Peak year: 1972

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410 US babies were named Ivone between 1940 and 2025.

Ivone around the world

  • France: 115 babies since 1900, peak 1909

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Ivones end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Writer1.2×Low · 2 people
Politician1.1×Low · 2 people
Singer1.1×Low · 1 people
Footballer1.0×Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are writers, Ivones show up 1.2× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 321 Yvonnes spell it Ivone

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1972)