# Yvette

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

## Variations

* Catalan: Ivet
* Czech: Yveta
* Dutch: Yvette, Yvet
* English: Yvette, Yvet, Yvett
* French: Yvet, Yvette
* German: Yvet, Yvett, Ivet
* Greek: Yvet
* Hungarian: Ivett
* Italian: Ivette
* Polish: Iweta
* Portuguese: Ivete
* Russian: Иветта (Ivetta)
* Spanish: Ivette, Iveth
* Swedish: Yvet, Ivet
* Ukrainian: Іветта (Ivetta)

## 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 Barbaza (1914–2009), French geographer
* 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 Fontaine (born 1946), Belgian racing driver
* 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 Overdyck, New Zealand architect
* 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)