Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Yvonne
/ee · VON/
Meaning
“Yew wood”
French feminine form of Yves, from Germanic iv meaning 'yew wood', the archer's wood.
Nicknames
vonnie · ivy
Vibe
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.