Yvette
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century. Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Yvette (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 381 |
| 2000 | 388 |
| 2001 | 385 |
| 2002 | 391 |
| 2003 | 394 |
| 2004 | 397 |
| 2005 | 397 |
| 2006 | 397 |
| 2007 | 397 |
| 2008 | 403 |
| 2009 | 406 |
| 2010 | 410 |
| 2011 | 407 |
| 2012 | 412 |
| 2013 | 416 |
| 2014 | 415 |
| 2015 | 422 |
| 2016 | 425 |
| 2017 | 428 |
| 2018 | 430 |
| 2019 | 431 |
| 2020 | 430 |
Yvette in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Yvette.Hi! My name is Yvette.
- Har du träffat Yvette? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Yvette? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Yvette i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Yvette this afternoon.
- Yvettes mamma är lärare.Yvette's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Yvettes mamma is Yvette's mum.
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Questions about Yvette
How do you pronounce Yvette in Swedish?
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What does the name Yvette mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French borrowed from French in the nineteenth century. Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
How popular is Yvette in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Yvette in 2022. In 2020, 430 people in Sweden had Yvette as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.