Old Welsh origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “born of yew”
From Old Welsh Owain (“born of yew”).
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- Wiktionary: YvainCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“born of yew”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Yvain is a masculine given name documented in Middle French and Old French. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Welsh Owain, with the stated meaning “born of yew”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Yvain (Middle French, Old French)
Meaning: “born of yew”
From Old Welsh Owain (“born of yew”).
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United States, 1969: 5 boys (rank 4404).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: YVAIN
Recorded category boys
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | 5 | 1,088 | rounded |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 5 | 1,356 | rounded |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 5 | 1,784 | rounded |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 5 | 1,062 | rounded |
| 1970 | 5 | 1,544 | rounded |
| 1971 | 5 | 1,493 | rounded |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | 5 | 1,387 | rounded |
| 1974 | 5 | 1,650 | rounded |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 5 | 1,879 | rounded |
| 1977 | 5 | 1,666 | rounded |
| 1978 | 5 | 1,565 | rounded |
| 1979 | 20 | 700 | rounded |
| 1980 | 25 | 673 | rounded |
| 1981 | 25 | 711 | rounded |
| 1982 | 20 | 811 | rounded |
| 1983 | 10 | 1,068 | rounded |
| 1984 | 20 | 784 | rounded |
| 1985 | 15 | 900 | rounded |
| 1986 | 25 | 682 | rounded |
| 1987 | 10 | 1,267 | rounded |
| 1988 | 10 | 1,162 | rounded |
| 1989 | 15 | 970 | rounded |
| 1990 | 15 | 1,080 | rounded |
| 1991 | 10 | 1,599 | rounded |
| 1992 | 10 | 1,528 | rounded |
| 1993 | 10 | 1,571 | rounded |
| 1994 | 10 | 1,293 | rounded |
| 1995 | 10 | 1,465 | rounded |
| 1996 | 10 | 1,496 | rounded |
| 1997 | 5 | 1,893 | rounded |
| 1998 | 10 | 1,939 | rounded |
| 1999 | 15 | 1,415 | rounded |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,768 | rounded |
| 2001 | 10 | 1,930 | rounded |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,270 | rounded |
| 2003 | 5 | 2,646 | rounded |
| 2004 | 10 | 2,173 | rounded |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,775 | rounded |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,161 | rounded |
| 2007 | 15 | 1,771 | rounded |
| 2008 | 10 | 2,007 | rounded |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,812 | rounded |
| 2010 | 15 | 1,969 | rounded |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,508 | rounded |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,635 | rounded |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,833 | rounded |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,175 | rounded |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,328 | rounded |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,943 | rounded |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,638 | rounded |
| 2019 | 5 | 5,880 | rounded |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,315 | rounded |
| 2022 | 5 | 4,165 | rounded |
| 2023 | 5 | 5,337 | rounded |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | 5 | 6,316 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “YVAIN” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Yvain— “young warrior”
Yvain, _m._ _Bret._ Kelt. young warrior, 273
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
