How to pronounce Yves
French · France
IPA: /iv/
- Yee
- vv
- essilent
Voice: synthetic.
One syllable
Yves
One syllable: EEV.
The common mistake
- Not
eves - Not
YEEV
But EEV
Origin and meaning
The medieval French form of Ivo, a Germanic name. The link to the yew is likely, not certain. Two French saints carried it.
Meaning: “the yew tree”
Variants and namesakes
- Yvette · Yvonne
- Related names for women.
- Saint Yves
- Patron saint of Brittany.
Sources
- Syllables
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yves
- The common mistake
- Worked out from the IPA (Wiktionary): /iv/, the -es silent.
- Meaning
- behindthename.com/name/ivo-1 (iwa, "yew"); Wiktionary calls the etymology unclear, Germanic or Celtic, hence "most likely".
- Variants and namesakes
- en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yves (Yvette, Yvonne); behindthename.com/name/yves (patron saint of Brittany)
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