Yvette

For other uses, see Yvette (disambiguation).

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

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)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Yvette