Yves (given name) explained
| Yves |
| Pronunciation: |
in French iv/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | yew |
| Region: | Francophone countries |
| Related Names: | Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yvette, Yvo, Yve |
Yves (in French pronounced as /iv/; in English as) is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo (Iuo) and compound names Ivorix (Iuo-rigi or Iue-ricci) and Ivomagus (Iuo-magi), all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or īuos,[1] or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂, meaning yew.[2] Related names include Erwan[n] (though another etymology has been suggested), Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yve, Yvette (the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne, and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany).[3] The etymology of the French common name if "yew tree" is disputed the same way as the first name Yves, whether it is Gaulish or Germanic.
People with the given name
Actors
- Yves Afonso (1944–2018), French actor
- Yves Barsacq (1931–2015), French film actor
- Yves Beneyton (born 1946), French actor
- Yves Brainville (1914–1993), French film and television actor
- Yves Jacques (born 1956), Canadian film, television and stage actor
- Yves Montand (1921–1991), Italian-French singer and actor
- Yves Pignot (born 1946), French actor
- Yves Verhoeven (born 1961), French actor
- Yves Vincent (1921–2016), French film and television actor
Artists
- Yves Béhar (born 1967), Swiss designer, entrepreneur and an educator
- Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Canadian graphic designer
- Yves Chaland (1957–1990), French cartoonist and writer
- Yves Klein (1928–1962), French artist
- Yves Netzhammer (born 1970), Swiss artist
- Yves Rodier (born 1967), Canadian cartoonist
- Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer, namesake of the fashion brand.
- Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painter
- Yves Trudeau (artist) (1930–2017), Canadian sculptor and artist
Athletes
- Pierre-Yves André (born 1974), French soccer-player
- Yves Allegro (born 1978), Swiss tennis player
- Yves Archambault (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Beaudoin (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Bélanger (ice hockey) (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Bissouma (born 1996), Malian soccer-player
- Yves Colleu (born 1961), French soccer-player
- Yves Deroff (born 1978), French soccer-player
- Yves Dignadice, Filipino basketball player
- Yves Dreyfus (1931–2021), French Olympic medalist épée fencer
- Yves du Manoir (1904–1928), French rugby player
- Yves Edwards (born 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter
- Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French racing driver
- Yves Herbet (born 1945), French soccer-player and manager
- Yves Lampaert (born 1991), Belgian cyclist
- Yves Ma-Kalambay (born 1986), Belgian soccer-player
- Yves Mankel (born 1970), German luger
- Yves Missi (born 2004), Belgian-Cameroonian basketball player
- Yves Parlier (born 1960), French sailor
- Yves Racine (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Saint-Martin (born 1941), French jockey
- Yves Sarault (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Tavernier (born 1962), French alpine skier
- Yves Triantafyllos, French-Greek soccer-player
- Yves Vanderhaeghe (born 1970), Belgian soccer-player
Business people
Directors
- Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film director
- Yves Caumon (born 1964), French film director
- Yves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film director
- Yves Lavandier (born 1959), French film director
- Yves Pelletier (born 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian
- Yves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
- Yves Simoneau (born 1955), Canadian television director
Economists
Lawyers
Musicians
- Yves (singer) (born 1997), stage name of Ha Soo-young, of the South Korean girl group Loona
- Yves Daoust (born 1946), Canadian composer and pianist
- Yves Deruyter, Belgian DJ and artist
- Yves Duteil (born 1949), singer, songwriter, and politician
- Yves Nat (1890–1956), French composer and pianist
- Yves Prin (born 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist
- Yves V (born Yves Van Geertsom in 1981), Belgian DJ and artist
- DJ Whoo Kid (born Yves Mondesir in 1957), American DJ
- Yves Tumor (born Sean Bowie), American music producer
Politicians
- José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), Mexican politician, former Mexican Secretary of Finance
- Yves-Marie Adeline (born 1960), French politician
- Yves Bouthillier (1901–1977), French politician, former French Minister of Finance
- Yves Cochet, French politician
- Yves Ducharme (born 1958), Canadian politician and mayor
- Yves Fauqueur (born 1948), prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Yves Guérin-Sérac, French politician and activist
- Yves Lacoste (born 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
- Yves Lessard (born 1943), Canadian politician
- Yves Leterme (born 1960), Belgian politician
- Yves Michaud (politician) (born 1930), Canadian politician in Quebec
- Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyer
- Yves Rocheleau (born 1944), Canadian politician
- Yves Séguin (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Yves-François Blanchet (born 1965), Canadian politician
Scientists
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French explorer, scientist and researcher
- Yves Aubry, Canadian ornithologist
- Yves Chauvin (1930–2015), French chemist
- Yves Colin de Verdière, French mathematician and physicist
- Yves Coppens (1934–2022), French anthropologist
- Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
- Yves Fortier (geologist) (1914–2014), Canadian geologist
- Yves Hemedinger (born 1965), French politician
- Yves Laszlo, French mathematician
- Yves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist
- Yves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
- Yves Morin (born 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator
- Yves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicist
Writers
- Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (born 1959), French novelist, critic, and interviewer
- Yves Beauchemin (born 1941), Canadian novelist
- Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016), French poet and essayist
- Yves Engler, Canadian writer and political activist
- Yves Frémion (born 1940), French science fiction writer
- Yves Meynard (born 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
- Yves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writer
- Yves Urvoy, French historian and writer
- Yves Smith, American author
Other professions
- Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultist
- Yves Brunier (1962–1991), French landscape architect
- Yves Chaudron, French art forger
- Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
- Yves Gagnon, Canadian ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay
- Yves Godard (1911–1975), French soldier
- Yves Le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military man
- Yves Leopold Germain Gaston, French patriarch
- Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734-1797), French Navy officer, namesake of Kerguelen Islands
- Yves Mourousi (1942-1998), French journalist and news presenter
- Yves Pouliquen (1931–2020), French doctor
- Yves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor
- Yves Simon (philosopher) (1903–1961), French Catholic philosopher
- Yves Trudeau (biker) (1946–2008), prolific Canadian serial killer, mass murderer, and Hells Angel
Fictional characters
- Yves Adele Harlow, a character in The X-Files
- Yves Massarde, character in the Clive Cussler novel and film Sahara
- Yves, a criminal cat in a recurring sketch in the latter episodes of Dog City
- Yves Benedict, a character in Julia Golding's Finding Sky trilogy
See also
Notes and References
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental, Errance, Paris, 2003, 2nd edition, p.193-194, ISBN 2-87772-237-6
- Web site: View Name: Yves . Behind the Name . July 30, 2013.
- Web site: Names Related to Yves . Behind the Name . July 30, 2013.
