Yvonne

Meaning: Yew
Origin: Variant of Yves · Origin disputed between Gaulish and Germanic (from French, from Germanic)

Nicknames: Vonnie

Girl's name · #2063 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Yvonne is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1937, when it ranked #77. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 156,000 girls since 1886, ranked #2063 today.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#670 in Austria (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,605 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,324 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,253 in Canada (2024).

Famous Yvonnes

Yvonne De Carlo — Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007)
Yvonne Strahovski — Australian actress
Yvonne Mitchell — British actress (1915–1979)
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat — French mathematician and physicist
Yvonne Farrell — Irish architect (born 1951)

In stories & tradition

Yvonne Jeffries — Shortland Street (TV series)
Yvonne Atkins — Bad Girls character
Yvonne Parker — OITNB character

What Yvonnes become

Among 1,756 notable people named Yvonne:

Medical professionals appear 2.16× more often than among typical names — e.g. Yvonne Sylvain, Haitian physician (1907–1989).

Similar names: Yvette · Jeanette · Ivori · Joanne · Charlene · Diane

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