Yves (given name)

Yves
Pronunciation	/ˈiːv/ French: [iv]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	yew
Region of origin	Francophone countries
Other names
Related names	Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yvette, Yvo, Yve

Yves (French pronunciation: [iv]) is a common French male given name of Germanic origin derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂, meaning yew).^[1] 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).^[2]

Actors

Yves Amyot (born 1969), Canadian actor
Yves Montand (1921–1991), French/Italian singer and actor
Yves Verhoeven (born 1961), French 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 Bélanger (ice hockey) (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 Decadt, co-founder and CEO of BioLingus
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")
Yves Benedict, a character in Julia Golding's Finding Sky trilogy

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 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 Bouthillier (1901-1977), French Minister of Finance from 1940 to 1942.
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 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 Chaudron, French art forger
Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
Yves Godard (1911–1975), French soldier
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 Anglade, PhD Director & Associate Professor School of Architecture & Engineering Technology Florida A & M University

References

↑ "View Name: Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
↑ "Names Related to Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.

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