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[Facts] Where do you get this information?
by mirfak
5/6/2007, 9:47 AM
in reply to a message by Wanda
About the origin and meaning? What is the etymology? When this name was mentioned here before (http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=490788&board=gen and the reply to it), no such Scandinavian origin or meaning as you give was offered.- mirfak
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- Minikui (guest)   +1
5/7/2007, 2:25 AM
maybe because "germanic" and "scandinavian" are close in terms of origin? (since Yvette has a germanic origin)
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- Minikui (guest)
5/7/2007, 2:31 AM
probably if it is seen to be a combination of "yv"/"iv" which means "yew" or "bow" (see IVOR ) with Lise/Lisa, which is somtimes said to mean "devoted to God" (like taking have of the meaning of Elisabeth). But even then it would still be a modern combination and doesn't have a real scandinavic/germanic origin (apart from the "iv" part)
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