Yvonne
UK/iːˈvɒn/
Yvonne proper noun: a female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
Proper noun
Yvonne
- A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
- In your mother's apple orchard
When the world was left behind:
You were shy, so shy, Yvonne!
But your eyes were calm and kind.1896, Ernest Christopher Dowson, Yvonne of Brittany
- In your mother's apple orchard
Origin of Yvonne
From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows.
Words that rhyme with Yvonne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- raion
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
Questions about Yvonne
- What does Yvonne mean?
- Yvonne means a female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.
- What part of speech is Yvonne?
- Yvonne is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Yvonne?
- Yvonne is pronounced /iːˈvɒn/ (UK).
Words near Yvonne in the dictionary
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