Yves is a common French male given name of uncertain origin, either from Celtic as in the Gaulish name Ivo and compound names Ivorix and Ivomagus, all derived from the Gaulish term for yew, iuos or īuos, or from Germanic, derived from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz, masculine variant of *īwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHweh₂, meaning yew. Wikipedia