Yvonne

proper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//iːˈvɒn//
United Kingdom//ɪˈvɒn//

A female given name from French borrowed from France, in regular use since the twentieth century.

proper noun

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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.

Etymology

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.

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