Yvonne

“Variant of Yves — yew (origin disputed between Gaulish and Germanic)” — French, from Germanic origin

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

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. Vonnie is a short form of Yvonne.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,100 girls in Austria (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 15,000 girls in Canada (2024).

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

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
Yvonne Atkins — fictional human
Yvonne Parker — 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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