Yvette

Yvette is a feminine given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases.

Variations

 * Catalan: Ivet
 * Czech: Yveta
 * Dutch: Yvette, Yvet
 * English: Yvette, Yvet, Yvett
 * French: Yvet, Yvett
 * German: Yvet, Yvett, Ivet
 * Greek: Yvet
 * Hungarian: Ivett
 * Italian: Ivette
 * Polish: Iweta
 * Portuguese: Ivete
 * Russian: Иветта (Ivetta)
 * Spanish: Ivette
 * Swedish: Yvet, Ivet
 * Ukrainian: Іветта (Ivetta)

Name days

 * Czech Republic: 7 June
 * Hungary: 13 January, 6 May and 29 June
 * Poland: 13 January
 * Slovakia: 27 May
 * Bulgaria: 24 June ("Eniovden")
 * Latvia: 12 December

Notable people

 * Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician
 * Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress
 * Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer
 * Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita
 * Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer
 * Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959), American photographer
 * Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor
 * Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress
 * Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), French prima ballerina
 * Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician
 * Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician
 * Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist
 * Yvette D'Ath (born 1970), Australian politician
 * Yvette Devereaux, U.S. conductor
 * Yvette Espinosa (1911–1992), English ballerina and ballet teacher
 * Yvette Estermann (born 1967), Swiss politician
 * Yvette Fielding (born 1968), British broadcaster and actress
 * Yvette Flores, U.S. child actress for the Kidsongs videos and TV show
 * Yvette Flunder (born 1955), U.S. bishop and singer
 * Yvette Freeman (born 1957), U.S. actress
 * Yvette Giraud (1916–2014), French singer
 * Yvette Girouard, U.S. softball coach
 * Yvette Guilbert (1867–1944), French cabaret singer and actress
 * Yvette Higgins (born 1978), Australian water polo player
 * Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 1975), Czech swimmer
 * Yvette Jaggi (born 1941), Swiss politician
 * Yvette Jarvis, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model
 * Yvette Kane (born 1953), U.S. judge
 * Yvette Kong (born 1993), Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer
 * Yvette Lapointe (1912-1994), Canadian pioneer of Quebec comics
 * Yvette Lee Bowser (born 1965), U.S. television writer and producer
 * Yvette Lewis (athlete) (born 1985), Panamaian track and field athlete
 * Yvette Lu, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer
 * Yvette Marie Stevens (born 1953), American singer, better known as Chaka Khan
 * Yvette Michele (born 1972), U.S. R&B singer
 * Yvette Mimieux (1942–2022), U.S. film and television actress
 * Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971), U.S. actress
 * Yvette Nipar (born 1964), American actress
 * Yvette of Huy (1158–1228), Christian prophetess and anchoress
 * Yvette Rekangali, Gabonese politician
 * Yvette Roudy (born 1929), French politician
 * Yvette Sylvander, one half of Swedish cover model twins Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander
 * Yvette Tollar, Canadian jazz vocalist
 * Yvette Vickers (1928–2010s), U.S. actress, pin-up model and singer
 * Yvette Williams (1929–2019), New Zealand athlete
 * Yvette Wilson (1964–2012), U.S. comedian and actress
 * Yvette Young, American musician

Fictional characters

 * Yvette Carte-Blanche, a fictional character in the British comedy series Allo 'Allo!''
 * Yvette, the codename of the fictional organiser of the Belgian escape organisation for allied bomber pilots, Lifeline, in the BBC television series Secret Army
 * Yvette Saywell, the protagonist of D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gipsy
 * Yvette, the maid and secondary character in the movie Clue
 * Yvette, one of the main six Groovy Girls, a doll series manufactured by Manhattan Toy
 * Yvette Durelle, the title character's love interest in Mordecai Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
 * Yvette Gabriella Montilyet, Josephine's younger sister in Dragon Age Inquisition.
 * Yvette Samoris by Guy De Maupassant
 * Yvette Woodgrove, supporting character in Futari wa Pretty Cure (originally named Yoshimi Takenouchi)