Details for the forename Yvette

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Yvette (female)


Variants:	Iwonna (F)
Derivative(s):	Evette (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):	Yvonne (F)
Masculine form:	Yves (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	French feminine form of Yves from which Yvonne is also derived, from the ancient Germanic name Ivo representing "the yew tree". The respelling, Evette, is primarily an English variant, probably influenced by Eve.