Ivette

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ivette is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name129K records spelled Ivette11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Ecuador, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ivëttë, Îvëttë

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ivette is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Tejo

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In French, synonym of bugle petit-pin (“yellow bugle”) (Ajuga chamaepitys)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 99 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ivette Trochónb. 1943UYUruguayan writer
• Ivette Ezeta Salcedob. 1969MXMexican politician
• Ivette Löckerb. 1970ATAustrian film director
• Ivette Vergarab. 1972CLChilean journalist
• Ivette Cordovezb. 1979PAPanamanian model
• Ivette Jacqueline Ramírez Corralb. 1981MXMexican politician
• Ivette Nadalb. 1988ESSpanish singer-songwriter and poet
• Ivette Lópezb. 1990MXMexican tennis player
• Ivette Alejandra Garcia Moralesb. 1994Mexican chess player
• Ivette Lipkiesactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 463 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ivette?

We estimate roughly 19 thousand people bear Ivette (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Ivette have the most bearers?

Ivette is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled ivette.

How common is Ivette compared with other names?

In Mexico, Ivette is the 375th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Ivette a male or female name?

Ivette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ivette mean?

Recorded meaning: [i'vet]: weibl.