Yves

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Yves is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo and compound names Ivorix and Ivomagus, all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or ฤซuos, or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *ฤซwaz, *ฤซhwaz, masculine variant of *ฤซwล, from Proto-Indo-European *hโ‚eyHwehโ‚‚, meaning yew.

From Wikipedia

Yves first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 46 babies (rank #278 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Yves

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Yves yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

986
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
46
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19551#856
19561#892
19585#656
19595#679
19603#798
19613#811
19624#768
19634#774
19647#641
19656#699
19665#754
19677#672
19686#733
19696#760
19709#666
19717#742
19727#738
197317#474
197413#546
19759#632
197610#621
19778#680
197812#591
197914#533
198010#666
198115#546
198211#629
198314#555
198417#520
198515#568
198615#570
198718#537
198815#603
198921#523
199013#663
199120#558
199217#596
199323#513
199425#500
199534#409
199632#439
199722#536
199833#427
199930#467
200025#505
200115#656
200221#545
200331#443
200422#519
200520#545
200623#498
200728#436
200829#424
200934#374
201033#375
201136#335
201218#518
201336#325
201446#278