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I'm from England, born in 1990 and for my generation Yvonne is very uncommon. In my experience though, names go out of fashion a lot slower in Scotland and in Northern Ireland. When I lived in the latter, I met people in my age group with names like Patricia, Judith and Sharon, which are definitely considered dated in England. I think the culture and the pace of life there is a bit slower, so maybe it makes sense that the change in popularity of names is too.

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I don't really like either name, but I guess I prefer Yvonne to Yvette. I find both hard to pronounce and Yvette comes out sounding like 'a vet'!