Yvonne
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning yew tree; feminine form of Yvon.
Yvonne by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Yvonne. In the US, 98 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,683 babies in 1953, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yvonne. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Yvonne, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Yvonne
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