Yves (given name)
Yves Pronunciation French: [iv] Gender Male Meaning yew Region of origin Francophone countriesRelated names Erwan, Evette, Ives , Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo , Iwo , Yvette , Yvo , Yve
Yves (French pronunciation: [iv] EEV 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] *īwaz , *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr ), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf , German Eibe ), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂ , meaning yew .[ 2] 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] 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 actorYves Barsacq (1931–2015), French film actorYves Beneyton (born 1946), French actorYves Brainville (1914–1993), French film and television actorYves Flores (born 1994), Filipino actorYves Jacques (born 1956), Canadian film, television and stage actorYves Montand (1921–1991), Italian-French singer and actorYves Pignot (born 1946), French actorYves Verhoeven (born 1961), French actorYves Vincent (1921–2016), French film and television actor
Artists
Yves Béhar (born 1967), Swiss designer, entrepreneur and an educatorPierre-Yves Pelletier , Canadian graphic designerYves Chaland (1957–1990), French cartoonist and writerYves Klein (1928–1962), French artistYves Netzhammer (born 1970), Swiss artistYves Rodier (born 1967), Canadian cartoonistYves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer, namesake of the fashion brand .Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painterYves Trudeau (artist) (1930–2017), Canadian sculptor and artist
Athletes
Pierre-Yves André (born 1974), French soccer-playerYves Allegro (born 1978), Swiss tennis playerYves Archambault (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey playerYves Beaudoin (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey playerYves Bélanger (ice hockey) (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey playerYves Bissouma (born 1996), Malian soccer-playerYves Colleu (born 1961), French soccer-playerYves Deroff (born 1978), French soccer-playerYves Dignadice , Filipino basketball playerYves Dreyfus (1931–2021), French Olympic medalist épée fencerYves du Manoir (1904–1928), French rugby playerYves Edwards (born 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighterYves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French racing driverYves Herbet (born 1945), French soccer-player and managerYves Lampaert (born 1991), Belgian cyclistYves Ma-Kalambay (born 1986), Belgian soccer-playerYves Mankel (born 1970), German lugerYves Missi (born 2004), Belgian-Cameroonian basketball playerYves Parlier (born 1960), French sailorYves Racine (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey playerYves Saint-Martin (born 1941), French jockeyYves Sarault (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey playerYves Tavernier (born 1962), French alpine skierYves Triantafyllos , French-Greek soccer-playerYves Vanderhaeghe (born 1970), Belgian soccer-player
Business people
Directors
Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film directorYves Boisset (born 1939), French film directorYves Caumon (born 1964), French film directorYves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film directorYves Lavandier (born 1959), French film directorYves Pelletier (born 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedianYves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producerYves 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 pianistYves Deruyter , Belgian DJ and artistYves Duteil (born 1949), singer, songwriter, and politicianYves Nat (1890–1956), French composer and pianistYves Passarell (born 1969), Brazilian songwriter and guitaristYves Prin (born 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianistYves V (born Yves Van Geertsom in 1981), Belgian DJ and artistDJ Whoo Kid (born Yves Mondesir in 1957), American DJYves Tumor (born Sean Bowie), American music producer
Politicians
José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), Mexican politician, former Mexican Secretary of FinanceYves-Marie Adeline (born 1960), French politicianYves Bouthillier (1901–1977), French politician, former French Minister of FinanceYves Cochet , French politicianYves Ducharme (born 1958), Canadian politician and mayorYves Fauqueur (born 1948), prefect of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Yves Guérin-Sérac , French politician and activistYves Lacoste (born 1929), French geographer and geopoliticianYves Lessard (born 1943), Canadian politicianYves Leterme (born 1960), Belgian politicianYves Michaud (politician) (born 1930), Canadian politician in QuebecYves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyerYves Rocheleau (born 1944), Canadian politicianYves Séguin (born 1951), Canadian politicianYves-François Blanchet (born 1965), Canadian politician
Scientists
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French explorer, scientist and researcherYves Aubry , Canadian ornithologistYves Chauvin (1930–2015), French chemistYves Colin de Verdière , French mathematician and physicistYves Coppens (1934–2022), French anthropologistYves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologistYves Fortier (geologist) (1914–2014), Canadian geologistYves Hemedinger (born 1965), French politicianYves Laszlo , French mathematicianYves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayistYves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientistYves Morin (born 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former SenatorYves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicist
Writers
Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (born 1959), French novelist, critic, and interviewerYves Beauchemin (born 1941), Canadian novelistYves Bonnefoy (1923–2016), French poet and essayistYves Engler , Canadian writer and political activistYves Frémion (born 1940), French science fiction writerYves Meynard (born 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writerYves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writerYves Urvoy , French historian and writerYves Smith , American author
Other professions
Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultistYves Brunier (1962–1991), French landscape architectYves Chaudron , French art forgerYves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologianYves Gagnon , Canadian ambassador to Argentina and ParaguayYves Godard (1911–1975), French soldierYves Le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military manYves Leopold Germain Gaston , French patriarchYves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734-1797), French Navy officer , namesake of Kerguelen Islands Yves Mourousi (1942-1998), French journalist and news presenterYves Pouliquen (1931–2020), French doctorYves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss pilot and inventorYves Simon (philosopher) (1903–1961), French Catholic philosopherYves 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
Look up
Yves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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
^ "View Name: Yves" . Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013 .^ "Names Related to Yves" . Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013 .
