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Name meaning & stats

Yvette

Yvette means “yew” (French origin). 61,089 US babies since 1940, peak 1967.

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What it means

“yew”

FrenchWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1967

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

61,089 US babies were named Yvette between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Yvette (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 81% of the family

  • Yvette 81%
  • Ivette 15%
  • Yevette 1%
  • Iveth 1%
  • Ivett 1%
  • Yvett <1%
  • Ivet <1%
  • Eyvette <1%

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

Name twins (peaked around 1967)