Yvonne
name
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
"In your mother's apple orchard When the world was left behind: You were shy, so shy, Yvonne! But your eyes were calm and kind."
Example
More examples"Yvonne ordered a new sofa from the catalogue."
Etymology
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.