Yvette (given name)

Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.

Name variants

• Slovak: Iveta, Yvetta
• Catalan: Ivette, Ivet
• Czech: Iveta
• German: Ivette, Yvette
• Hungarian: Ivett
• Dutch: Yvette
• English: Yvette
• French: Yvette
• Spanish: Yvette
• Spanish (Mexico): Iveth
• Polish: Iweta
• Bulgaria: "Ivet" and "Iveta" ИВЕТ, ИВЕТА

Name Days

• Czech: 7th June
• Hungarian: 13th January, 6th May and 29th June
• Polish: 13th January
• Slovak: 27th May
• Bulgaria: "Eniovden" Еньовден (Яневден, Яновден, Иванден, Ивъндън, Иван Бильобер, Драгийка) е празник в българския народен календар, който се чества на 24 юни

Famous bearers

• Yvette Alexander, U.S. politician
• Yvette Andréyor, French silent film actress
• Yvette Baker, British orienteer
• Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita
• 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 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 Freeman, U.S. actress
• Yvette Giraud, French singer
• Yvette Girouard, U.S. softball coach
• Yvette Guilbert, French cabaret singer and actress
• Yvette Higgins, Australian waterpolo player
• Yvette Jarvis, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model
• Yvette Kane, U.S. judge
• Yvette Lee Bowser, U.S. television writer and producer
• Yvette Lu, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer
• Yvette Michele, U.S. R&B singer
• Yvette Mimieux, U.S. film and television actress
• Yvette Nelson, U.S. model, actress and singer/songwriter
• Yvette Nicole Brown, U.S. actress
• Yvette of Huy, Christian prophetess and anchoress
• Yvette Rachelle, U.S. actress and model
• Yvette Rekangali, Gabonese politician
• Yvette Rosser, U.S. author and scholar
• 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
• Iweta Rajlich, Polish master of chess
• Iveta Benešová, Czech tennis player
• Iveta Lutovská, Czech Miss 2009 and model
• Iveta Bartošová, Czech pop singer
• Yvetta Hlaváčová, Czech swimmer
• Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress
• Iveta Toušlová, Czech moderator
• Iveta Kořínková, Czech redactor and moderator of TV Nova
• Yvetta Simonová, Czech swing and opera singer and actress
• Iveta Kadlecová, Czech painter
• Iveta Kulhavá, Czech photographer
• Iveta Dušková, Czech actress
• Iveta Lažanská, Czech author of Girl novels
• Yvette Nipar, American actress

Fictional characters named Yvette

• 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 out of the movie Clue

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