Yve
Encyclopedia
Yve is a rare masculine
and feminine given name related to Yvonne
and the Gallic Yves
, of which it is a soundalike. It may be used as a shortened form of Yvain or Yvette
.
It is also uncommonly found as a last name, of French origin.
Famous people named Yve include Yve-Alain Bois
and Dame Yve Buckland.
Masculine
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...
and feminine given name related to Yvonne
Yvonne
Yvonne is a female given name. It is French in origin, and is the female form of Yvon, which is derived from the Germanic name Yves. It is from the Germanic word iv, meaning "yew." This name means "beautiful girl", from the Germanic word Iv meaning "yew."...
and the Gallic Yves
Yves (given name)
Yves is a common French male given name that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish...
, of which it is a soundalike. It may be used as a shortened form of Yvain or Yvette
Yvette
The Yvette is a small river in southern Île-de-France , left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department...
.
It is also uncommonly found as a last name, of French origin.
Famous people named Yve include Yve-Alain Bois
Yve-Alain Bois
Yve-Alain Bois is an historian and critic of modern art. Yve-Alain Bois was born on April 16, 1952 in Constantine, Algeria.-Education:...
and Dame Yve Buckland.