Baby name

FADING GIRL · GERMANIC VIA FRENCH
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Yvonne

/ee · VON/


“Yew wood”

French feminine form of Yves, from Germanic iv meaning 'yew wood', the archer's wood.

vonnie · ivy

warm

How it ages.

Firmly mid-20th-century in the English-speaking world, could stage a French-chic revival.

The cultural moment.

Rare for babies today; the association with women born 1930–1970 hasn't lifted yet.