Yves (given name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːv/ French: [iv] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | yew |
| Region of origin | Francophone countries |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yvette, Yvo, Yve |
Yves (French pronunciation: [iv]) is a common French male given name of Germanic origin 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).[1] Related names include Erwan, Evette, Ives, Ivet, Iveta, Ivette, Ivo, Iwo, Yve, Yvette (the feminine form of Yves), Yvo, Yvon, Yvonne, and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany).[2]
Actors
- Yves Amyot (born 1969), Canadian actor
- Yves Montand (1921–1991), French/Italian singer and actor
- Yves Verhoeven (born 1961), French actor
Artists
- Yves Behar, Swiss designer
- Pierre-Yves Pelletier, Canadian graphic designer
- Yves Chaland (1957–1990), French cartoonist and writer
- Yves Klein (1928–1962), French artist
- Yves Netzhammer (born 1970), Swiss artist
- Yves Rodier, Canadian cartoonist
- Yves Saint-Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
- Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painter
Athletes
- Pierre-Yves André (born 1974), French footballer
- Yves Allegro (born 1978), Swiss tennis player
- Yves Archambault (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Beaudoin (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Bélanger (ice hockey) (born 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Colleu, French footballer
- Yves Deroff (born 1978), French footballer
- Yves Dreyfus (born 1931), French Olympic épée fencer
- Yves du Manoir (born 1904), French rugby player
- Yves Edwards (born 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter
- Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French Formula One driver
- Yves Herbet (born 1945), French footballer and manager
- Yves Makabu-Makalambay (born 1986), Belgian footballer
- Yves Mankel (born 1970), German Olympic luger
- Yves Parlier (born 1960), French sailor
- Yves Racine (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Saint-Martin (born 1941), French jockey
- Yves Sarault (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Yves Triantafyllos, French/Greek footballer
- Yves Vanderhaeghe (born 1970), Belgian footballer
Business people
- Yves Béhar (born 1967), Swiss-born industrial designer, founder of fuseproject
- Yves Fortier (lawyer) (born 1935), Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and businessman
- Yves Lamoureux, co-founder of Clickteam products
- Yves Decadt, co-founder and CEO of BioLingus
- Yves Rocher (1930–2009), entrepreneur and founder of the Yves Rocher cosmetic product line
Diplomats
- Yves Gagnon, Canadian ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay
Directors
- Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film director
- Yves Caumon (born 1964), French film director
- Yves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film director
- Yves Lavandier (born 1959), French film director
- Yves P. Pelletier (born 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian
- Yves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
- Yves Simoneau (born 1955), Canadian television director
Economists
- Yves Balasko (born 1945), French economist
- Yves Guyot (1843–1928), French economist and politician
Fictional characters
- Yves Adele Harlow, character in The X-Files
- Yves Massarde, character in the Clive Cussler novel and film Sahara
- In the RPG In Nomine Yves is Heaven's archangel of Destiny, the only non angel Archangel and is the first being that god created
- A recurring sketch in the latter episodes of Dog City featured a criminal cat named Yves and his dimwitted adversary, a guard dog named Steven (a pun on the phrase "even-steven")
- Yves Benedict, a character in Julia Golding's Finding Sky trilogy
Lawyers
- St. Yves/Ivo of Chartres (1040–1114), French canon lawyer
- St. Yves/Ivo of Kermartin (1253–1303), Breton lawyer and priest, patron saint of lawyers
- Yves Bot (born 1947), French magistrate
- Yves Lainé (born 1937), French lawyer and politician
- Yves Pratte (1925–1988), Canadian lawyer and jurist
Musicians
- Yves Daoust (born 1946), Canadian electroacoustic music 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 Prin (born 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist
- Yves Huts (born 1979) Dutch bass player for the band Epica
- Yves Passarell (born 1969) Brazilian guitarist for the band Capital Inicial
- DJ Whoo Kid, Yves Mondesir, G-Unit's official DJ
Politicians
- José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), former Mexican Secretary of Finance
- Yves-Marie Adeline (born 1960), French politician and founder of the political party Alliance Royale
- Yves Bouthillier (1901-1977), French Minister of Finance from 1940 to 1942.
- Yves Cochet, French politician
- Yves Ducharme (born 1958), Canadian politician and mayor
- Yves Fauqueur (born 1948), Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Yves Guérin-Sérac, French politician and activist
- Yves Lacoste (born 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
- Yves Lessard (born 1943), Canadian politician and MP
- Yves Leterme (born 1960), Belgian politician
- Yves Michaud (born 1930), Canadian politician and the center of the controversial Michaud Affair
- Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyer
- Yves Rocheleau (born 1944), Canadian politician and MP
- Yves Séguin (born 1951), former Canadian politician
Scientists
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910–1997), French explorer, scientist and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water
- Yves Aubry, Canadian ornithologist
- Yves Chauvin (born 1930), French chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
- Yves Colin de Verdière, French mathematician and physicist
- Yves Coppens (born 1934), French anthropologist and co-discoverer of Lucy
- Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
- Yves Fortier (geologist) (born 1914), Canadian geologist
- Yves Laszlo, French mathematician
- Yves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist
- Yves Meyer (born 1939), French mathematician and scientist
- Yves Morin (born 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator
- Yves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicist
Writers
- Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (born 1959), French novelist, criticm and interviewer
- Yves Beauchemin (born 1941), Canadian novelist
- Yves Bonnefoy (born 1923), French poet and essayist
- Yves Engler, Canadian writer and political activist
- Yves Fremion (born 1940), French science fiction writer
- Yves Meynard (born 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
- Yves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writer
- Yves Urvoy, French historian and writer
- Yves Smith, American author of Naked Capitalism, a popular financial and economic blog
Other people
- Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultist
- Yves Chaudron, French art forger
- Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
- Yves Godard (1911–1975), French soldier
- Yves le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military man
- Yves Leopold Germain Gaston, French patriarch
- Yves Pouliquen (born 1931), French doctor
- Yves Rossy (born 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor
Yves Anglade, PhD Director & Associate Professor School of Architecture & Engineering Technology Florida A & M University
See also
Look up Yves in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
References
- ^ "View Name: Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
- ^ "Names Related to Yves". Behind the Name. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
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