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Help[Opinions] Re: Yvaine
in reply to a message by Malk
It is quite pretty. But it sounds too much like Elaine if you pronounce it like the Neil Gaiman character, and any other etymology is dubious: Yvain has modern usage in France - peaked in 1986 with 25 of them - but Yvaine doesn't seem to have been used in France at all. Possibly because it's an archaic French form of an archaic Welsh name that there isn't a female version of?
It has been used in the UK 26 times though - all since 2008, ie after the film. So it looks like Neil Gaiman is responsible for the entirety of its use so far.
It has been used in the UK 26 times though - all since 2008, ie after the film. So it looks like Neil Gaiman is responsible for the entirety of its use so far.
This message was edited 6/10/2012, 9:45 AM
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