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Yves (given name)

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Yves
Yves means yew tree.
Pronunciation/ˈiːv/
French: [iv]
GenderMale
Origin
Meaningyew
Region of originFrancophone countries
Other names
Related namesErwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yvette, Yvo, Yve

Yves (French pronunciation: [iv]; in English as /ˈiːv/ EEV) 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.

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Lawyers

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  • St. Yves or Ivo of Chartres (1040–1114), French canon lawyer
  • St. Yves or Ivo of Kermartin (1253–1303), Breton lawyer and priest, patron saint of lawyers
  • Yves Bot (1947–2019), French magistrate
  • Yves Lainé (born 1937), French lawyer and politician
  • Yves Pratte (1925–1988), Canadian lawyer and jurist

Musicians

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  • 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 Passarell (born 1969), Brazilian songwriter and guitarist
  • 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

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Fictional characters

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  • 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

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Look up Yves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "View Name: Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Names Related to Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
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