Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of
Yves, which means
yew or
archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In mo ...
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
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Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician
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Yvette Andréyor
Yvette Andréyor (born Yvette Louise Pauline Royé, 6 August 1891 – 30 October 1962) was a French actress most popular in the era of silent film. She appeared in more than 100 films between 1910 and 1962.
Biography
Yvette Louise Pauline R ...
(1891–1962), French silent film actress
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Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer
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Yvette Biro
Yvette Biro is a Hungarian-American essayist, screenwriter (April 3, 1930, Budapest) and Professor Emeritus at New York University Graduate Film School (NYU).
Her early books on the aesthetics of film were first published in her native Hungary, ...
, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita
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Yvetta Blanarovičová
Yvetta Blanarovičová (born 24 September 1963) is a Slovak actress and singer. At the 1994 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in an Opera, Opereta or Musical, for her performance in the musical ''My Fair Lady''.
Selected filmog ...
, Slovak actress and singer
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Yvette Borup Andrews
Yvette Borup Andrews (February 28, 1891 – April 12, 1959) was an American photographer associated with the American Museum of Natural History. With the museum's director, Roy Chapman Andrews, she traveled to Central Asia twice during 1916-18 f ...
(1891–1959), American photographer
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Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor
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Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress
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Yvette Chauviré
Yvette Chauviré (; 22 April 1917 – 19 October 2016) was a French prima ballerina and actress. She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the coach of prima ballerinas Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. She was awa ...
(1917–2016), French prima ballerina
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Yvette Clarke
Yvette Diane Clarke (born November 21, 1964) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 2007, representing New ...
(born 1964), U.S. politician
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Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department, Shadow Home Secretary since 2021, and previously from 2011 to 2015. She served in Gordon Brown's Brown ministry, Cabinet as ...
(born 1969), British politician
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Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist
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Yvette D'Ath
Yvette Maree D'Ath (born 26 July 1970) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath is currently the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Leader ...
(born 1970), Australian politician
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Yvette Devereaux
Yvette Devereaux is an American violinist, music conductor, conductor and Director at the South Pasadena Music Center and Conservatory in Pasadena, California, Pasadena, California. , U.S. conductor
*Yvette Caver, U.S. Author
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Yvette Espinosa
Yvette Espinosa (1911–1992) was an English ballerina. She was born in England, the daughter of Eve Louise Kelland and Edouard Espinosa, founder of the British Ballet Organization.
Following her success as a performer and teacher, she joine ...
(1911–1992), English ballerina and ballet teacher
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Yvette Estermann
Yvette Estermann (born February 26, 1967) is a Slovakia, Slowakian-born Switzerland, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss National Council, National Council from the Canton of Lucerne.
Biography
Estermann was born in Bratislava, Czechoslova ...
(born 1967), Swiss politician
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Yvette Fielding
Yvette Paula Fielding (born 23 September 1968) is an English television presenter, producer and actress. She became the youngest presenter on '' Blue Peter'' aged 18, and one of her episodes was subsequently voted the "Favourite ''Blue Peter'' mo ...
(born 1968), British broadcaster and actress
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Yvette Flores, U.S. child actress for the Kidsongs videos and TV show
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Yvette Flunder
Yvette A. Flunder (born July 29, 1955) is an American womanist, preacher, pastor, activist, and singer from San Francisco, CA. She is the senior pastor of the City of Refuge United Church of Christ in Oakland, California and Presiding Bishop of ...
(born 1955), U.S. bishop and singer
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Yvette Freeman
Yvette Freeman is an American actress, singer and director. Predominantly active as a stage actress, she made her Broadway debut in 1979 in the original production of '' Ain't Misbehavin. She won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by ...
(born 1957), U.S. actress
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Yvette Giraud
Yvette Giraud (16 September 1916 – 3 August 2014) was a French traditional pop singer.
Career
Giraud began singing in 1946 with "Mademoiselle Hortensia", or ''La Danseuse est Créole''. With her husband, former ''Compagnon de la Chanson'' Ma ...
(1916–2014), French singer
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Yvette Girouard
Yvette Marie Girouard (born 1954) is an American retired softball coach who was head coach at Southwestern Louisiana (later Louisiana) from 1981 to 2000 and LSU from 2001 to 2011.
On March 15, 2019 at the Louisiana softball game vs. the Troy Tr ...
, U.S. softball coach
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Yvette Guilbert
Yvette Guilbert (; born Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, 20 January 1865 – 3 February 1944) was a French cabaret singer and actress of the ''Belle Époque''.
Biography
Born in Paris into a poor family as Emma Laure Esther Guilbert, Guilbert be ...
(1867–1944), French cabaret singer and actress
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Yvette Higgins
Yvette Donna Higgins (born 5 January 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Higgins scored the winning goal during the gold medal game with 1.3 seconds left on the clock.
She ...
(born 1978), Australian waterpolo player
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Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 1975), Czech swimmer
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Yvette Jarvis
Yvette M. Jarvis, a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of Boston University, moved to Greece in 1982 as an accomplished basketball player, to play for Panathinaikos. She became the first African American to play in the Greek Women's Basketball League, ...
, U.S./Greek athlete, politician, actress and model
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Yvette Kane
Yvette Kane (born October 11, 1953) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Kane was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. After graduating high ...
(born 1953), U.S. judge
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Yvette Kong
Yvette Kong (born 18 January 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer.
She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 100 metre breaststroke, 200 metre breaststroke, ...
(born 1993), Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer
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Yvette Lapointe (1912-1994), Canadian pioneer of Quebec comics
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Yvette Lee Bowser
Yvette Denise Lee Bowser (born 1965) is an American television writer and producer. She wrote and produced the TV shows ''Living Single'' and ''Half & Half'', and early in her career, worked on ''The Cosby Show'' spin-off ''A Different World''. W ...
(born 1965), U.S. television writer and producer
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Yvette Lewis (athlete) (born 1985), Panamaian track and field athlete
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Yvette Lu
Yvette Lu, M.D. is a Canadian independent film and stage actress, filmmaker, singer, composer, writer and producer, as well as a licensed family physician. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Lu has starred in many independent films, ...
, Canadian independent film and stage actress, singer, composer, writer and producer
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Yvette Michele
Yvette Michele (born Michele Yvette Bryant; 1972 in New York) is an American R&B singer.
Career
Michele released her debut album, ''My Dream'', on August 26, 1997 on the RCA record label. From 1996-1998 she released three Top 20 singles on th ...
(born 1972), U.S. R&B singer
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Yvette Mimieux
Yvette Carmen Mimieux (January 8, 1942 – January 18, 2022) was an American film and television actress. Her breakout role was in '' The Time Machine'' (1960). She was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards during her acting career.
Early li ...
(1942–2022), U.S. film and television actress
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Yvette Nicole Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and host. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', as Dani in the 2015 version of ''The Odd Couple'' on CBS and as Dina Rose on the ABC sit ...
(born 1971), U.S. actress
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Yvette Nipar
Yvette Nipar (born 1964) is an American actress best known for such films and television series as ''21 Jump Street'', '' RoboCop: The Series'', ''CSI: Miami'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and ''Ski Patrol
Ski patrols are organizations ...
(born 1964), American actress
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Yvette of Huy (1158–1228), Christian prophetess and anchoress
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Yvette Rekangali
Yvette Ngwevilo Rekangalt is a dynamic Gabonese businesswoman, bankruptcy lawyer (Administration (law), law administrator) for the court of Libreville, human rights leader. She worked for 25 years as a jurist in the oil and gas industry. She has ...
, Gabonese politician
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Yvette Roudy
Yvette Roudy (born 10 April 1929) is a French politician. She served as a member of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1993, and from 1997 to 2002, representing Calvados. She was the Minister of Women's Rights from 1981 to 1986. She sponsore ...
(born 1929), French politician
*Yvette Sylvander, one half of Swedish cover model twins
Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander
Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander are Swedish twins who were the cover models who appeared as the first multi-subject ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
The ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issue is published annually by American magazine ''Sports Il ...
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Yvette Tollar
Yvette Tollar is a Canadian jazz vocalist born in Toronto, Ontario. She has released two full-length CDs, ''Cactus Flowers'' (2001) and '' Ima'' (2008). ''Ima'' was a nominee for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards.
Yvette Toll ...
, Canadian jazz vocalist
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Yvette Vickers
Yvette Vickers (born Yvette Iola Vedder; August 26, 1928 – ) was an American actress, pin-up model and singer.
Early life and career
Vickers was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of jazz musician Charles Vedder. During her youth, s ...
(1928–2010s), U.S. actress, pin-up model and singer
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Yvette Williams
Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (née Williams; 25 April 1929 – 13 April 2019) was a New Zealand track-and-field athlete who was the first woman from her country to win an Olympic gold medal and to hold the world record in the women's long jum ...
(1929–2019), New Zealand athlete
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Yvette Wilson
Yvette Reneé Wilson (March 6, 1964 – June 14, 2012) was an American comedian and actress. She was known for her role as Andell Wilkerson, the shopkeeper of the local hangout on the UPN sitcoms ''Moesha'' (1996–2001); and restaurant owner an ...
(1964–2012), U.S. comedian and actress
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Yvette Young
Yvette Young is an American musician from San Jose, California. She is the front-woman for the math rock band Covet.
History
Young is of Chinese heritage and comes from a musical family: her father Phil is a singer, accordionist, and composer, ...
, American musician
Fictional characters
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Yvette Carte-Blanche
This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran from 1982 until 1992 and 85 episodes.
Overview
René Artois
René Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whi ...
, a fictional character in the British comedy series
'Allo 'Allo!
''Allo 'Allo!'' is a British sitcom television series, created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner and Richard Gibson. Originally broadcast on BBC1, the series focuses on the life of a French caf ...
''
*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
Clue may refer to:
People with the name
* DJ Clue (born 1975), mixtape DJ
* Arthur Clues (1924–1998), Australian rugby league footballer
* Ivan Clues
* Tim Cluess
Arts, entertainment, and media ''Clue'' entertainment franchise
* ''Cluedo'' ...
''
*Yvette, one of the main six
Groovy Girls
Groovy Girls were a line of fashion dolls manufactured by the American toy company Manhattan Toy and launched in 1998. Each year new dolls were produced until 2019.
History
Groovy Girls launched in 1998 as a funky alternative to Barbie. Each dol ...
, a doll series manufactured by Manhattan Toy
*Yvette Durelle, the
title character
The title character in a narrative work is one who is named or referred to in the title of the work. In a performed work such as a play or film, the performer who plays the title character is said to have the title role of the piece. The title of ...
's love interest in
Mordecai Richler
Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (novel), The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' (1959) and ''Barney's Version (novel), Barney's Versi ...
's ''
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz''
*Yvette Gabriella Montilyet, Josephine's younger sister in ''
Dragon Age Inquisition
''Dragon Age: Inquisition'' is a 2014 action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major game in the ''Dragon Age'' franchise, ''Inquisition'' is the sequel to ''Dragon Age II'' (2011). The sto ...
.''
*Yvette Samoris by Guy De Maupassant
*Yvette Woodgrove, supporting character in ''
Futari wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izum ...
'' (originally named Yoshimi Takenouchi)
See also
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