- Yves (given name)
Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Yves
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pronunciation= /iːv/
gender = Male
meaning = yew
region =Francophone countries
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related names = Erwan, Evette,Ives , Ivet, Iveta, Ivette,Ivo ,Iwo ,Yvette ,Yvo
footnotes =Yves, pronounced|iv, is a common French male
given name that is derived from the Indo-European root "iwa" which gave "uvos" in Gaulish (it is found also in the Welsh "ywen" , Irish "ēo" and in Old English "" , all of these meaning yew). [ [http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=yves Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Yves ] ] [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Yves] Related names include Erwan, Evette,Ives , Ivet, Iveta, Ivette,Ivo ,Iwo ,Yvette (the feminine form of Yves),Yvo , Yvon, Yvonne and many other diminutives (mainly from Brittany) . [ [http://www.behindthename.com/php/related.php?name=yves Behind the Name: Search Results ] ]Actors
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Jean-Yves Berteloot (b. 1958), French actor
*Yves Amyot (b. 1969), Canadian actor
*Yves Michel-Beneche (b. 1993), a.k.a. Yves Beneche, American actor
*Yves Montand (1921–1991), French/Italian singer and actorArtists
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Yves Behar , Swiss designer
*Jean-Yves Couliou (1916–1995), French painter
*Pierre-Yves Pelletier , Canadian graphic designer
*Yves Chaland (1957–1990), French cartoonist and writer
*Yves Klein (1928–1962), French artist
*Yves Netzhammer (b. 1970), Swiss artist
*Yves Rodier , Canadian cartoonist
*Yves Tanguy (1900–1955), French surrealist painterAthletes
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Jean-Yves Adam , French race car driver
*Jean-Yves Cuendet (b. 1970), Swiss Olympic nordic combined skier
*Jean-Yves Leroux (b. 1976), Canadian ice hockey player
*Jean-Yves Roy (ice hockey) (b. 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
*Pierre-Yves André (b. 1974), French footballer
*Yves Allegro (b. 1978), Swiss tennis player
*Yves Archambault (b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
*Yves Beaudoin (b. 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
*Yves Belanger (b. 1952), Canadian ice hockey player
*Yves Colleu , French footballer
*Yves Deroff (b. 1978), French footballer
*Yves Dreyfus (b. 1931), French Olympic épée fencer
*Yves du Manoir (b. 1904), French rugby player
*Yves Edwards (b. 1976), Bahamian mixed martial arts fighter
*Yves Giraud-Cabantous (1904–1973), French Formula One driver
*Yves Herbet (b. 1945), French footballer and manager
*Yves Makabu-Makalambay (b. 1986), Belgian footballer
*Yves Mankel (b. 1970), German Olympic luger
*Yves Parlier (b. 1960), French sailor
*Yves Racine (b. 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
*Yves Saint-Martin (b. 1941), French jockey
*Yves Sarault (b. 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
*Yves Triantafyllos , French/Greek footballer
*Yves Vanderhaeghe (b. 1970), Belgian footballerBusiness people
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Yves Béhar (b. 1967), a Swiss-born industrial designer, founder offuseproject
*Yves Fortier (lawyer) (b. 1935), Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and businessman
*Yves Lamoureux , co-founder ofClickteam products
*Yves Rocher , entrepreneur and founder of the Yves Rocher cosmetic product line
* Yves Saint-Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designerDiplomats
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Yves Bashonga , American diplomat
*Yves Gagnon , Canadian ambassador to Argentina and ParaguayDirectors
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Yves Allégret (1907–1987), French film director
*Yves Caumon (b. 1964), French film director
*Yves Ciampi (1921–1982), French film director
*Yves Lavandier (b. 1959), French film director
*Yves P. Pelletier (b. 1961), Canadian director, actor, and comedian
*Yves Robert (1920–2002), French director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
*Yves Simoneau (b. 1955), Canadian television directorEconomists
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Yves Balasko (b. 1945), French economist
*Yves Guyot (1843–1928), French economist and politicianFictional characters
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Yves Adele Harlow , character in "The X-Files"
*Yves Massarde , character in theClive Cussler novel and film "Sahara"
*In the RPGIn Nomine Yves is Heaven's archangel of Destiny, the only non angel Archangel and is the first being that god created.Lawyers
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Yves Bot (b. 1947), French magistrate
*Yves Lainé (b. 1937), French lawyer and politician
*Yves Pratte (1925–1988), Canadian lawyer and juristMusicians
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Jean-Yves Bosseur (b. 1947), French composer and writer
*Jean-Yves Thibaudet (b. 1961), French pianist
*Yves Beaupré (b. 1954), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and harpsichordist
*Yves Carbonne , French jazz musician
*Yves Daoust (b. 1946), Canadian electroacoustic music composer and pianist
*Yves Deruyter , Belgian DJ and artist
*Yves Duteil (b. 1949), singer, songwriter, and politician
*Yves Nat (1890–1956), French composer and pianist
*Yves Prin (b. 1933), French composer, conductor, and pianist
*Yves Vandichel , a.k.a. DJ Yves, Belgian DJ and producer
*Yves Huts (b. 1979) Dutch bass player for the band Epica
*Yves Passarell (b.1969) Brazilian guitarist for the bandCapital Inicial
*DJ Whoo Kid , Yves Mondesir, G-Unit's official DJPoliticians
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Jean-Yves Laforest (b. 1949), Canadian politician and MP
*Jean-Yves Roy (b. 1949), Canadian politician
*José Yves Limantour (1854–1935), former Mexican Secretary of Finance
*Yves-Marie Adeline (b. 1960), French politician and founder of the political partyAlliance Royale
*Yves Cochet , French politician
*Yves Ducharme (b. 1958), Canadian politician and mayor
*Yves Fauqueur (b. 1948),Prefect of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
*Yves Guérin-Sérac , French politician and activist
*Yves Lacoste (b. 1929), French geographer and geopolitician
*Yves Lessard (b. 1943), Canadian politician and MP
*Yves Leterme (b. 1960), Belgian politician
*Yves Michaud (b. 1930), Canadian politician and the center of the controversialMichaud Affair
*Yves Prévost (1908–1997), Canadian politician and lawyer
*Yves Rocheleau (b. 1944), Canadian politician and MP
*Yves Séguin (b. 1951), former Canadian politiciancientists
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Jean-Yves Béziau (b.1965) , Swiss professor, mathematician, and researcher
*Jean-Yves Girard , French logician
*Jean-Yves Verd'hurt , French Egyptologist
*Yves Aubry , Canadian ornithologist
*Yves Chauvin (b. 1930), French chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
*Yves Colin de Verdière , French mathematician and physicist
*Yves Coppens (b. 1934), French anthropologist and co-discoverer of Lucy
*Yves Delage (1854–1920), French zoologist
*Yves Fortier (geologist) (b. 1914), Canadian geologist
*Yves Laszlo , French mathematician
*Yves Marie André (1675–1764), French mathematician and essayist
*Yves Meyer (b. 1939), French mathematician and scientist
*Yves Morin (b. 1929), Canadian cardiologist, physician, scientist, and former Senator
*Yves Rocard (1903–1992), French physicistWriters
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Frédéric-Yves Jeannet (b. 1959), French novelist, criticm and interviewer
*Yves Arman (1954–1989), born Yves Fernandez, American art dealer, collector, and writer
*Yves Beauchemin (b. 1941), Canadian novelist
*Yves Bonnefoy (b. 1923), French poet and essayist
*Yves De Wolf-Clément (b. 1967), Rwandan writer
*Yves Engler , Canadian writer and political activist
*Yves Fremion (b. 1940), French science fiction writer
*Yves Meynard (b. 1964), Canadian science fiction and fantasy writer
*Yves Thériault (1915–1983), Canadian writer
*Yves Urvoy , French historian and writerOther people
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Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre (1842–1909), French occultist
*Jean-Yves Pollock , French linguist and professor
*Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797), Breton explorer
*Yves Chaudron , French art forger
*Yves Congar (1904–1995), French Dominican priest and theologian
*Yves Godard (French officer) (1911-1975), French soldier
*Yves Langlois (b. 1947), a.k.a. Pierre Seguin, Canadian terrorist as a member of the FLQ
*Yves le Prieur (1885–1963), French inventor and military man
*Yves Leopold Germain Gaston , French patriarch
*Yves Pouliquen (b. 1931), French doctor
*Yves Rossy (b. 1959), Swiss pilot and inventor
*Yves Rousseau , French aviatorReferences
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