Yvonne
Yvonne is a female equivalent of the male given name Ivo (for origin and meaning see there).
distribution
The name Yvonne was rarely used in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. From the fifties onwards, it gradually gained popularity. In 1975 he made it among the ten most common female first names of this year. Then its popularity slowly declined. In the new millennium only a few girls are called Yvonne.
variants
- Ivette, Yvette (French diminutive form)
- Iveta (Baltic, Slavic)
- Ivona , Iva (Croatian)
- Ivonne
- Iwona (Polish), Iwonka (diminutive)
- Yvona (Breton)
- Ivoni (Greek)
- Ivenna (Bulgarian)
name day
- See under Ivo
Wrong variants
- Ivana, Iwana etc. are feminine forms of Ivan and thus Slavic variants of the name Johanna.
Well-known namesake
Yvonne
- Yvonne Arias (* 1976), American actress
- Yvonne de Bark (* 1972), German actress and author
- Yvonne M. Barr (1932-2016), virologist (Epstein-Barr virus)
- Yvonne Bastién (* 1933), Argentine actress and singer
- Yvonne Bönisch (* 1980), German judo fighter
- Yvonne Buschbaum (* 1980), German athlete, see Balian Buschbaum
- Yvonne Catterfeld (* 1979), German pop singer and actress
- Yvonne Chaka Chaka (* 1965), South African singer
- Yvonne De Carlo (1922–2007), American actress
- Yvonne Elliman (* 1951), American singer and actress
- Yvonne Englich (1979-2018), German wrestler
- Yvonne Gebauer (* 1966), German politician (FDP)
- Yvonne Hasler (* 1968), Liechtenstein athlete
- Yvonne Haug (* 1966), German gymnast
- Yvonne Hofstetter (* 1966), German lawyer, essayist and non-fiction author
- Yvonne Hornack (* 1970), German actress
- Yvonne Lacina (* 1977), Austrian journalist and television presenter
- Yvonne Ploetz (* 1984), German politician (Die Linke)
- Yvonne Ransbach (* 1975), German television presenter
- Yvonne Ritter-Elkuch (* 1968), Liechtenstein cyclist
- Yvonne Sanchez (* 1967), German jazz singer
- Yvonne Sciò (* 1969), Italian actress
- Yvonne Strahovski (* 1982), Australian actress
- Yvonne Willicks (* 1970), German television presenter and housekeeper
- Yvonne Wussow (1955–2006), German journalist and writer
Ivonne
- Ivonne Hartmann (* 1981), German soccer player and graduate sports scientist
- Ivonne Haza (* 1938), Dominican soprano
- Ivonne Keller (* 1970), German novelist
- Ivonne Kraft (* 1970), German mountain biker
- Ivonne Leal (* 1966), Cuban javelin thrower
- Ivonne Mädel (* 1982), German activist of the free comradeship scene
- Ivonne Polizzano (* 1981), German actress
- Ivonne Schönherr (* 1981), German actress
- Ivonne Schröder (* 1988), German ice hockey goalkeeper
- Ivonne Teichmann (* 1977), German middle-distance runner
- Ivonne Thein (* 1979), German artist
Fictional people
- "Yvonnche" (Yvonne Boxheimer) from the German television series These Drombuschs
- Yvonne Jensen from the film series The Olsen Gang, see Olsen Gang # Yvonne Jensen
Animals
- a cow named Yvonne that escaped in 2011