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View Name: Yves


YVES
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: French
PRONOUNCED: EEV   [key]
Meaning & History
Medieval French form of IVO (1). This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Yvon
FEMININE FORMS: Yvette, Yvonne
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ivo (Ancient Germanic), Erwan (Breton), Ivo, Yvo (Dutch), Ivo, Yvo (German), Ives (History), Iwo (Polish), Ivo (Portuguese)
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