Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means

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or archer 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

Yvette Alexander Yvette M. Alexander (born October 1, 1961, in the District of Columbia) is a Democratic politician in Washington, D.C. She represented Ward 7 on the Council of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2017. After losing her council seat, Alexande ...

(born 1961), U.S. politician * Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress *

Yvette Baker Yvette Baker (born Yvette Hague, 1968) is Britain's most successful orienteer. At the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness she won the short distance event. Orienteering Already at the early age of 15, she won the Elite class ...

(born 1968), British orienteer *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Yvette Brind'Amour Yvette Brind'Amour, (November 30, 1918 – April 4, 1991) was a Canadian actress. In 1949, she co-founded, with Mercedes Palomino, the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, Quebec's oldest French theatre, in Montreal where she was born. She was artist ...

(1918–1992), Canadian actor *

Yvette Cason Yvette Cason is an American television, theatre, and film actress, and a former Miss Black America from Washington, D.C. Career Cason was an understudy for the character of Effie White in the original 1981 Broadway musical ''Dreamgirls'', 1985 ...

, U.S. film and television actress *

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 * Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician * Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician *

Yvette Coppersmith Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980) is an Australian painter; she specialises in portraiture and still life. In 2018 she won the Archibald Prize with a self-portrait, in the style of George Lambert. Coppersmith studied at the Victorian College of th ...

(born 1980), Australian artist * Yvette D'Ath (born 1970), Australian politician *

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 * Yvette Espinosa (1911–1992), English ballerina and ballet teacher *

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 * 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 Freeman (born 1957), U.S. actress * Yvette Giraud (1916–2014), French singer * Yvette Girouard, U.S. softball coach *

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 * Yvette Higgins (born 1978), Australian waterpolo player * Yvetta Hlaváčová (born 1975), Czech swimmer *

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 * Yvette Kane (born 1953), U.S. judge * Yvette Kong (born 1993), Hong Kong competitive Olympic swimmer * Yvette Lee Bowser (born 1965), U.S. television writer and producer *

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 * Yvette Michele (born 1972), U.S. R&B singer * Yvette Mimieux (born 1942), U.S. film and television actress * Yvette Nicole Brown (born 1971), U.S. actress *

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 *

Yvette of Huy Yvette of Huy (1158 – 13 January 1228) was a venerated Christian prophet and anchoress. Born in Huy, Belgium, she was also known as ''Ivette'', ''Ivetta, ''Jufta'' or ''Jutta''. Life Yvette was born into a wealthy, but not particularly relig ...

(1158–1228), Christian prophetess and anchoress *

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 *

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 ...

* Yvette Tollar, Canadian jazz vocalist *

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 *

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 * Yvette Wilson (1964–2012), U.S. comedian and actress *

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

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 ''The Virgin and the Gipsy'' is a short novel (or novella) by English author D.H. Lawrence. It was written in 1926 and published posthumously in 1930. Today it is often entitled ''The Virgin and the Gypsy'' which can lead to confusion because fir ...

'' *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 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'' (originally named Yoshimi Takenouchi)

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