Etymology

Yvonne

Y4V4O1N1N1E1

Today it means: A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century. Full definition →

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  1. Germanic · derived from
  2. English todayYvonne

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.