MEANING & HISTORY
What does Yves mean?
Yves is a medieval French form of Ivo. Ivo is usually analyzed as a short Germanic name containing the element iwa, yew, though a related Celtic origin has also been proposed.
The tree connection is therefore more grounded than an unsupported translation such as archer king. Several French and Breton saints bore forms of the name. Their history helped establish Yves as a conventional personal name apart from the ordinary vocabulary word for the tree.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Yves, from French Yves, from Celtic or Germanic.
a male given name from English
EnglishEtymology & source
Unadapted borrowing from French Yves.
A male given name from French
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People with the name Yves
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Yves Flores
Filipino actor
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Yves Dignadice
Filipino basketball player
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Yves Flores, Yves Dignadice
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Yves in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Yves
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Yve·Old French personal-name form in the Yves/Ivo family
- Yvan♂French Ivan, in the John name family
- Yvette♀French feminine form of Yves; yew
- Yvonne♀French feminine form of Yvon; yew
What rhymes with Yves?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Recorded combinations with Yves
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1920728 — Yves (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Yves Flores (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1920728 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Yves Dignadice (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1920728 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Yves (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Yves (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Yves (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Ivo-1 (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.