Yves (given name)

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Yves (French pronunciation: ​[iv]) is a common French male given name that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish (it is found also in the Welsh "ywen", Irish "ēo" and in Old English īw, all of these meaning yew).^[1][2] Related names include Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yve, Yvette (the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne, and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany).^[3]

Actors

• Yves Amyot (born 1969), Canadian actor
• Yves Montand (1921–1991), French/Italian singer and actor

Artists

• Yves Behar, Swiss designer
• Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Canadian graphic designer
• Yves Chaland (1957–1990), French cartoonist and writer
• Yves Klein (1928–1962), French artist
• Yves Netzhammer (born 1970), Swiss artist
• Yves Rodier, Canadian cartoonist
• Yves Saint-Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
• Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painter

Athletes

• Pierre-Yves André (born 1974), French footballer
• Yves Allegro (born 1978), Swiss tennis player
• Yves Archambault (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yves Beaudoin (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yves Belanger (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yves Colleu, French footballer
• Yves Deroff (born 1978), French footballer
• Yves Dreyfus (born 1931), French Olympic épée fencer
• Yves du Manoir (born 1904), French rugby player
• Yves Edwards (born 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter
• Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French Formula One driver
• Yves Herbet (born 1945), French footballer and manager
• Yves Makabu-Makalambay (born 1986), Belgian footballer
• Yves Mankel (born 1970), German Olympic luger
• Yves Parlier (born 1960), French sailor
• Yves Racine (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yves Saint-Martin (born 1941), French jockey
• Yves Sarault (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
• Yves Triantafyllos, French/Greek footballer
• Yves Vanderhaeghe (born 1970), Belgian footballer

Business people

• Yves Béhar (born 1967), Swiss-born industrial designer, founder of fuseproject
• Yves Fortier (lawyer) (born 1935), Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and businessman
• Yves Lamoureux, co-founder of Clickteam products
• Yves Rocher (1930–2009), entrepreneur and founder of the Yves Rocher cosmetic product line

Diplomats

• Yves Gagnon, Canadian ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay

Directors

• Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film director
• Yves Caumon (born 1964), French film director
• Yves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film director
• Yves Lavandier (born 1959), French film director
• Yves P. Pelletier (born 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian
• Yves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
• Yves Simoneau (born 1955), Canadian television director

Economists

• Yves Balasko (born 1945), French economist
• Yves Guyot (1843–1928), French economist and politician

Fictional characters

• Yves Adele Harlow, character in The X-Files
• Yves Massarde, character in the Clive Cussler novel and film Sahara
• In the RPG In Nomine Yves is Heaven's archangel of Destiny, the only non angel Archangel and is the first being that god created
• A recurring sketch in the latter episodes of Dog City featured a criminal cat named Yves and his dimwitted adversary, a guard dog named Steven (a pun on the phrase "even-steven")

Lawyers

• St. Yves/Ivo of Chartres (1040–1114), French canon lawyer
• St. Yves/Ivo of Kermartin (1253–1303), Breton lawyer and priest, patron saint of lawyers
• Yves Bot (born 1947), French magistrate
• Yves Lainé (born 1937), French lawyer and politician
• Yves Pratte (1925–1988), Canadian lawyer and jurist

Musicians

• Yves Daoust (born 1946), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and pianist
• Yves Deruyter, Belgian DJ and artist
• Yves Duteil (born 1949), singer, songwriter, and politician
• Yves Nat (1890–1956), French composer and pianist
• Yves Prin (born 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist
• Yves Vandichel, a.k.a. DJ Yves, Belgian DJ and producer
• Yves Huts (born 1979) Dutch bass player for the band Epica
• Yves Passarell (born 1969) Brazilian guitarist for the band Capital Inicial
• DJ Whoo Kid, Yves Mondesir, G-Unit's official DJ

Politicians

• José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), former Mexican Secretary of Finance
• Yves-Marie Adeline (born 1960), French politician and founder of the political party Alliance Royale
• Yves Cochet, French politician
• Yves Ducharme (born 1958), Canadian politician and mayor
• Yves Fauqueur (born 1948), Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
• Yves Guérin-Sérac, French politician and activist
• Yves Lacoste (born 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
• Yves Lessard (born 1943), Canadian politician and MP
• Yves Leterme (born 1960), Belgian politician
• Yves Michaud (born 1930), Canadian politician and the center of the controversial Michaud Affair
• Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyer
• Yves Rocheleau (born 1944), Canadian politician and MP
• Yves Séguin (born 1951), former Canadian politician

Scientists

• Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French explorer, scientist and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water
• Yves Aubry, Canadian ornithologist
• Yves Chauvin (born 1930), French chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
• Yves Colin de Verdière, French mathematician and physicist
• Yves Coppens (born 1934), French anthropologist and co-discoverer of Lucy
• Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
• Yves Fortier (geologist) (born 1914), Canadian geologist
• Yves Laszlo, French mathematician
• Yves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist
• Yves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
• Yves Morin (born 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator
• Yves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicist

Writers

• Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (born 1959), French novelist, criticm and interviewer
• Yves Arman (1954–1989), born Yves Fernandez, American art dealer, collector, and writer
• Yves Beauchemin (born 1941), Canadian novelist
• Yves Bonnefoy (born 1923), French poet and essayist
• Yves Engler, Canadian writer and political activist
• Yves Fremion (born 1940), French science fiction writer
• Yves Meynard (born 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
• Yves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writer
• Yves Urvoy, French historian and writer
• Yves Smith, American author of Naked Capitalism, a popular financial and economic blog

Other people

• Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultist
• Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen- (1734–1797), Breton explorer
• Yves Chaudron, French art forger
• Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
• Yves Godard (French officer) (1911–1975), French soldier
• Yves JB Oriol (French/American) Aviator-Test Pilot
• Yves le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military man
• Yves Leopold Germain Gaston, French patriarch
• Yves Pouliquen (born 1931), French doctor
• Yves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor
• Yves Rousseau, French aviator
• Yves-Bernard Paul, American Photographer

See also

• Jean-Yves
• Yves Petiote

References