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 Caver
• 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 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 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)
• Yvette Marie Stevens, better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer. Known as the "Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. *

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Yvette