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Yvonne

English

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Etymology

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From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows.

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Yvonne

  1. A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
    • 1896, Ernest Christopher Dowson, Yvonne of Brittany:
      In your mother's apple orchard
      When the world was left behind:
      You were shy, so shy, Yvonne!
      But your eyes were calm and kind.

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Cebuano

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From English Yvonne, from French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew".

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Yvonne

  1. a female given name from English [in turn from French]

Danish

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Yvonne

  1. a female given name of French origin

French

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Yvonne f

  1. a female given name, the feminine form of Yvon
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German

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Yvonne

  1. a female given name from French

Norwegian

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Yvonne

  1. a female given name of French origin

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Yvonne c (genitive Yvonnes)

  1. a female given name of French origin
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