Yvette
About Yvette
This French name has the elegance of other '-ette' names like Colette and Odette, and is a botanical name without being too obvious about it. Related to the sleek French name Yves, it was popular in the US in the 60s, peaking at #125 in 1967, while in its native France it was a Top 10 name back in the 1930s.
Ultimately derived from the Germanic element iwa meaning "yew tree", Yvette can be pronounced as EE-VEHT in French and as ee-VEHT or ih-VEHT in English. Out of style in France since the 70s and the US since the early 2000s, could Yvette be one to reconsider with Sylvie and Odette on the rise?
Pronounced ee-VET.
As of October 2026, Yvette ranked #1630 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #125 in 1967, Nameberry popularity #778.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,414 | 162 | 90.7 |
| 2015 | #1,525 | 148 | 82.9 |
| 2016 | #1,814 | 115 | 64.9 |
| 2017 | #1,953 | 103 | 59.7 |
| 2018 | #1,707 | 122 | 71.7 |
| 2019 | #1,715 | 122 | 72.7 |
| 2020 | #1,741 | 116 | 71.8 |
| 2021 | #1,638 | 128 | 78 |
| 2022 | #1,674 | 126 | 76.8 |
| 2023 | #1,823 | 111 | 69.2 |
| 2024 | #1,616 | 129 | 79.6 |
| 2025 | #1,630 | 128 | 79.6 |
World rankings
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Yvette on lists
Famous Yvettes
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American actress
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English broadcaster, producer and actress
- Yvette Nicole Brown
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U.S. Congresswoman from New York
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wife of basketball player Michael Jordan
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English MP and shadow home secretary
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French Belle Epoque cabaret singer
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New Zealand Olympic long jumper
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American rapper
Yvette in pop culture
- Yvette Schumacher
character in "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac" by Gabrielle Zevin
- "Yvette
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- Yvette Carte
Blanche, character on British TV's 'Allo 'Allo!
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codename on British TV's "Secret Army"
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main character in D.H. Lawrence's "The Virgin and the Gipsy"
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one of the Groovy Girls dolls
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character in animated series "The Fairly OddParents"
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character in film "Baby Boy"