{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{other uses}} {{wiktionary|Yvette}}{{Infobox given name|name=Yvette|gender=Female|language=French|meaning=yew|region=Francophone countries|related names=Yves, Ives, Ivette, Ivete, Iva, Ivo, Ivy}} '''Yvette''' ({{IPAc-en|iː|ˈ|v|ɛ|t|}}, {{IPAc-en|ɪ|-}}) is a feminine given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means 'yew' or 'archer' in some cases.
== Variations == {{tocright}}
* '''Catalan:''' Ivet * '''Czech:''' Iveta (rarely Yveta) * '''Dutch:''' Yvette, Yvet * '''English:''' Yvette, Yvet, Yvett * '''French:''' Yvet, Yvette * '''German:''' Yvet, Yvett, Ivet * '''Greek:''' Yvet * '''Hungarian:''' Ivett * '''Italian:''' Ivette * '''Polish:''' Iweta * '''Portuguese:''' Ivete * '''Russian:''' Иветта (Ivetta) * '''Spanish:''' Ivette, Iveth * '''Swedish:''' Yvet, Ivet * '''Ukrainian:''' Іветта (Ivetta)
== Name days == *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' *Bulgaria: ''24 June'' ("Eniovden") *Latvia: 12 December
==Notable people == *Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician *Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress *Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer *Yvette Barbaza (1914–2009), French geographer *Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita *Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer *Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959), American photographer *Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor *Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress *Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), French prima ballerina *Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician *Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician *Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist *Yvette D'Ath (born 1970), Australian politician *Yvette Devereaux, U.S. conductor *Yvette Espinosa (1911–1992), English ballerina and ballet teacher *Yvette Estermann (born 1967), Swiss politician *Yvette Fielding (born 1968), British broadcaster and actress *Yvette Flores, U.S. child actress for the Kidsongs videos and TV show *Yvette Flunder (born 1955), U.S. bishop and singer *Yvette Fontaine (born 1946), Belgian racing driver *Yvette Freeman (born 1957), U.S. actress *Yvette Giraud (1916–2014), French singer *Yvette Girouard, U.S. softball coach *Yvette Guilbert (1867–1944), French cabaret singer and actress *Yvette Higgins (born 1978), Australian water polo player *Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 1975), Czech swimmer *Yvette Jaggi (born 1941), Swiss politician *Yvette Jarvis, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model *Yvette Kane (born 1953), U.S. judge *Yvette Kong (born 1993), Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer *Yvette Lapointe (1912–1994), Canadian pioneer of Quebec comics *Yvette Lee Bowser (born 1965), U.S. television writer and producer *Yvette Lewis (athlete) (born 1985), Panamaian track and field athlete *Yvette Lu, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer *Yvette Marie Stevens (born 1953), American singer, better known as Chaka Khan *Yvette Michele (born 1972), U.S. R&B singer *Yvette Mimieux (1942–2022), U.S. film and television actress *Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971), U.S. actress *Yvette Nipar (born 1964), American actress *Yvette of Huy (1158–1228), Christian prophetess and anchoress *Yvette Overdyck, New Zealand architect *Yvette Rekangali, Gabonese politician *Yvette Roudy (born 1929), French politician *Yvette Sylvander, one half of Swedish cover model twins Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander *Yvette Tollar, Canadian jazz vocalist *Yvette Vickers (1928–2010s), U.S. actress, pin-up model and singer *Yvette Williams (1929–2019), New Zealand athlete *Yvette Wilson (1964–2012), U.S. comedian and actress *Yvette Young, American musician
===Fictional characters=== *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 in the movie ''Clue'' *Yvette, one of the main six Groovy Girls, a doll series manufactured by Manhattan Toy *Yvette Durelle, the title character's love interest in Mordecai Richler's ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' *Yvette Gabriella Montilyet, Josephine's younger sister in ''Dragon Age Inquisition.'' *Yvette Samoris by Guy de Maupassant *Yvette Woodgrove, supporting character in ''Futari wa Pretty Cure'' (originally named Yoshimi Takenouchi)
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