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Baby name
Yves
Boy
Origin of the name
The origin of Yves is uncertain. It is thought to come from the Germanic word for “yew,” a tree whose wood was used to make bows. Saint Yves, a 13th-century Breton priest, is the patron saint of lawyers.
Classic name
1,202births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 1671rank at its peak, in 1985
Where babies named Yves are born
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Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Yves is most common in New York (9.4 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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