Yves
Yves is a boy name of French origin, meaning Yew; an archer.
What Yves means
Yew; an archer.
Yves is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Yves comes from
French names descend largely from Latin and Germanic roots, reshaped by centuries of sound change. Many entered English after the Norman conquest and now exist in both forms.
Yves is recorded as French in origin. Browse other French names.
How popular is Yves?
Yves is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Yves is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Yves
Two ideas meet in Yves: the natural world and Hunter. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Yves
These share Yves's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Falcon — The swift bird of prey.
- Roscoe — From the deer forest.
- Olivier — The olive tree; peace.
- Sylvie — Of the forest.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Oliver — Olive tree; symbol of peace.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Ronan — Little seal.
- Rowan — Little red one; the rowan tree.
- Silas — Of the forest.
- Arne — Eagle.
- Ashton — Town of ash trees.