Comments on: Name of the Day: Yvaine http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mary http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-19913 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:01:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-19913 I had a manager whose name is Yvonne and everyone calls her Yvo. Which I think is a super cute nickname.

]]> By: Samantha http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-12599 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 01:50:56 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-12599 My little girl is named Yvaine and we call her Yvie for short. My hubby and I wanted out children’s names to be uncommon but not overly odd. Yvaine fit perfectly. We also chose it bc I love the book and the movie.

]]> By: Rachel http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-3066 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:23:56 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-3066 I really like this name, and a friend of mine pointed out the VAIN part. I still like it, though. I was also thought the name seemed medieval and wasn’t surprised by the link to Authurian legend either. The names that came to mind were Ygraine and Gawain.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-454 Fri, 30 May 2008 11:33:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-454 LOL at your image of Yvette! And yes, the youngest Yvonne I know is in her 40s. Neither is a promising baby name these days.

I thought about Gawain when I was writing this, but I wasn’t familiar with Etain. (My knowledge of Irish mythology is weak.) Etain is a truly lovely name – and an intriguing story, too. All those years as a butterfly!

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-448 Fri, 30 May 2008 06:49:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-448 I think it’s pretty! For those familiar with Yvonne and Yvette, the pronunciation is rather intuitive. However, while Yvonne sounds like an old woman and Yvette brings to mind an ’80′s teenager with ratted hair, Yvaine sounds fresh and intriguing.

The name does strike me as very medieval; I wasn’t surprised by the link to Arthurian legend. It reminds me a bit of the names Etain (of Irish mythology) and Gawain (another Arthurian knight, and the original form of the now-popular name Gavin).

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-423 Sun, 25 May 2008 23:32:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-423 D’oh! I should’ve included a pronunciation.

Think Yvonne, but with a “vain” at the end instead of a “vonne” – ee VAIN. And Yves sounds like EEV.

Actually, the fact that the second syllable of the name is a negative – vanity, vanity! – is a real downside to the name. And you’re right – it’s not the easiest pronunciation to puzzle out.

]]> By: coolteamblt http://appellationmountain.net/2008/05/25/name-of-the-day-yvaine/#comment-421 Sun, 25 May 2008 20:02:29 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-421 At the risk of sounding dumb, I have no idea how to say this out loud. ee-VAIN? EH-van? EH-vain? I like the reasoning behind it, but I’m just not hip on the French and Ys at the beginning of names. I also don’t know how to say Yves, either.

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