# Yvonne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yvonne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “yew” |
| Pronunciation | /iːˈvɒn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Vonnie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 156,738 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 619 / 156,119 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 376, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 129 | 1,660 |
| 2012 | 133 | 1,628 |
| 2013 | 123 | 1,704 |
| 2014 | 127 | 1,672 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,769 |
| 2016 | 123 | 1,728 |
| 2017 | 99 | 2,006 |
| 2018 | 116 | 1,772 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,815 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,742 |
| 2021 | 77 | 2,365 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,207 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,193 |
| 2024 | 80 | 2,326 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,063 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 9 | 3,691 |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,834 |
| 1976 | 11 | 3,470 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,850 |
| 1978 | 12 | 3,398 |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,567 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,283 |
| 1981 | 14 | 3,216 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,378 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,230 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,777 |
| 1987 | 5 | 8,141 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,743 |
| 1989 | 11 | 4,809 |
| 1990 | 5 | 9,475 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,849 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Ivona
- Danish: Yvonne
- French: Yvonne
- German: Yvonne
- Greek: Υβόννη
- Norwegian: Yvonne
- Polish: Iwona
- Portuguese: Ivone
- Slovak: Ivona
- Swedish: Yvonne

## People named Yvonne

- 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 Craig, American actress (1937–2015)
- Yvonne Elliman, American singer and actress
- Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed skater
- Yvonne Rainer, American artist (born 1934)
- Yvonne Ridley, British journalist, war correspondent and political activist
- Yvonne Furneaux, French actress (1926–2024)
- Yvonne Snir-Bönisch, German judoka
- Yvonne Rüegg, alpine skier

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.