Yvonne

Yvonne is a beautiful and classy name!

Beautiful name, if it's pronounced correctly. Europeans say it the right way. South or East of London, it's the dreaded eeeevon. Don't sabotage this classic name!

It seems like an elegant and high-class name to me, but would anyone be so kind as to explain to me why it is always used in novels to portray typical villainous and vain characters? In the end it ends up dragging a bad image, when the name is not to blame for anything. I admit I'm not a fan of names that start with "Iv" either, but I don't dislike them either.

Lovely, charming name. Sounds like an artist. Wholesome yet refined.

Ugly. :)

Eh. I prefer Ivona.

I despise this name, it’s so terrible and ugly, it isn’t classy or elegant at all, I hate it even more now.
I think that most names starting with ‘Yv’ are hideous, don’t downvote my comment because it’s as if most people on this site won’t let you have an opinion on a name.

Elegant name! Love it!

I personally don’t like this spelling at all, the Y and V just look wrong together.

I think this name is absolutely hideous and I am glad it is not popular.

Yvonne is a gorgeous and classy name!

I love the nickname Vonney so much!

I guess I don't understand how ee-vawn sounds different than ee-vahn, but I'm no linguist. This is a gorgeous name either and any way. There is a street near here called Royvonne, and I wonder if they say Ro-ee-vawn or Roy-vawn. Yvonne is better than Yvette, but Colette is better than Yvonne I feel. I like Yvonne because it sounds strong and independent, and the nickname Von is nice even for an adult. Or Vonn.

I like this name. In fact I like it a lot. Yvonne is an incredibly beautiful, classy, sexy, elegant, even a bit flirty sounding name. It makes me smile to say it. Every single Yvonne I've known has been pretty. Every single one. Without exception.

I thought it was pronounced yuh-von. Oh well, I still pronounce it like that.

Yvonne, Yvette and any other rare name beginning with Y, must be quite confusing to spell out letter by letter when people ask because the Y sounds like 'why?' and the person asking would say 'Well, I just wanna know!'

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Maybe spell it with an I instead, to solve this problem if you are giving your child the Y initial in the name you are giving them. At least Portuguese, Italian and Romanian don't have the letter y, so you wouldn't have that problem if one of those native languages was yours.

Don't really like this name. It just looks wrong, lol.

Yvonne makes me think of a French ballet dancer from the 1920s, with a leopard-printed frock and green eye shadow.

My name is Yvonne pronounced E Von. I absolutely love my name and always have. So many people dislike their name but not me! I went to an all girls school and only ever met one other Yvonne there. I love having a name that isn’t so common such as Emma or Emily etc. So many people cannot pronounce my name and I’ve seen some pretty odd spellings of it! This can be annoying but also funny. I love that my name is ageless. I’m so thankful to my mum for giving me this beautiful name as my dad wanted to name me Cheryl Rose! Thank you mum, I miss you every day! Xx.

Yvonne is a name that is both very pretty and very cool. If I had to choose between this and Yvette, I'd probably go with Yvette (one of my favorites), but Yvonne is a great name as well. I'm surprised it hasn't caught on more with the Y-craze...

My name is Yvonne and I am American born in 1960. My dad was in WWII in France and heard the name and thought it was beautiful. Plus when he and my mother married in 1950 it was popular because of Yvonne De Carlo, the actress. I have only met one other person in my life with my name. I pronounce it like the French, EE- Von. It is a beautiful name and I get a lot of compliments for it especially here in the southern part of America. I hope it becomes popular again.

French, but like, an okay kind of french.

This is my name. I was born in 1996, and I've never met anybody (my age or not) with my name. I guess I like my name because it's unique, but people are never sure how to say or spell it.

I usually pronounced it "ee-VONE" (vone rhyming with phone)... sometimes I pronounce it as "ee-VAWN", like the Russian pronunciation of Ivan. Either way sounds nice to me. I think this is a pretty and unique name.
I associate this name with Yvonne de Carlo.

I love it! Sophisticated, nice sound, and the spelling and pronunciation is very unique. What more could you ask for?

The name Yvonne is sophisticated and beautiful. I adore this name. The only bad thing is that it is hard to create a nickname for it. Vonnie?

How about Yvie - a pretty variation on an old theme?
I think Yvie is a sweet one and quite in vogue given today's spate of Evies and other Eve-type names.

I think it's an elegant, sophisticated, beautiful, and mature name, but I can't help but associate it with Pauline Yvonne Reiper, a girl from New Zealand who together with her friend Juliet bludgeoned her mother with a rock because she thought her mother was responsible for the fact that Juliet was about to be sent to South Africa, and she was madly in love with her. Pauline's parents called her Yvonne. Luckily there are plenty of other Yvonnes to think about, ones who actually have this as a first name, not a middle name.

I never did like this name. It always makes me think of noodles. I really, really, really don't know why. It doesn't have a nice sound either.

Yvonne is my first name. I am from Serbia and we spell it here like Ivona. People usually like my name here, because it is not so common, you can often meet some Ivana or Iva, but not Ivona.

This name is similar to Yvette. I don't like either.

I really like this name, very feminine. It suits people who are in their 40s though, not before or after. It is the name of one of my sister's best friends who now lives in Cyprus.