Yvon

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 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◐

Yvon is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Yvon2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Yvón

• Portuguese given name1.3K records spelled Yvon2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Canada, Portugal

  Also written Yvón

• Portuguese given name294 records spelled Yvon9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Zambia, Peru, United States

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese

  Also written Yvone

65 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●

Yvon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Variant of Yves; from the yew tree. Saint Yves, 19 May.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, a male given name, a medieval diminutive form of Yves

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

• In French, dérivé du nom germanique Ivo, de iv « if »

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, Variante d’Yves; origine celtique, signifie « if ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Forme française liée à Yves/Yvain, d’origine bretonne/celtique.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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●

RE INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) — 64 years between 1907–1977. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Yvon Petrab. 1916FRFrench tennis player (1916–1984)
• Yvon Gattazb. 1925FRFrench businessman (1925-2024)
• Yvon Douisb. 1935FRFrench footballer (1935–2021)
• Yvon Chouinardb. 1938USAmerican mountain climber (1938-)
• Guy Canivetb. 1943FRnot in their usual nameFrench judge
• Yvon Neptuneb. 1946HTHaitian Prime Minister
• Yvon Robertb. 1949FRFrench politician
• Yvon Le Rouxb. 1960FRFrench association football player and manager (born 1960)
• Yvon Backb. 1961FRFrench actor
• Yvon Mvogob. 1994CMSwiss association football player

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 · 336 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yvon?

We estimate roughly 1.9 thousand people bear Yvon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Yvon have the most bearers?

Yvon is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled yvon.

How common is Yvon compared with other names?

In France, Yvon is the 416th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Yvon a male or female name?

Yvon is a male 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 Yvon mean?

Recorded meaning: Celtic origin, from a term for ‘yew’.