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You can't "translate" first names, you need to respect the spelling in the original language. But if you want to know about the origins of "Jean-Yves", "Jean" obviously means "John", and "Yves" means "yew" (the tree) and I don't think it has an equivalent in English. "Ivan" has a totally different origin, it can't be used to translate "Yves".

Composed first names are very common in French, it could be the first names of the two grand fathers, or a name chosen by the parents plus the name of a special person, like the child's godfather, or the second name could be from a special event, for instance "Jean-Noël" for someone born around Christmas.

French male composed names frequently start with "Jean", female's with "Anne" or "Marie".

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You can't "translate" first names, you need to respect the spelling in the original language. But if you want to know about the origins of "Jean-Yves", "Jean" obviously means "John", and "Yves" means "yew" (the tree) and I don't think it has an equivalent in English. "Ivan" has a totally different origin, it can't be used to translate "Yves". Composed first names are very common in French, it could be the first names of the two grand fathers, or a name chosen by the parents plus the name of a special person, like the child's godfather, or the second name could be from a special event, for instance "Jean-Noël" for someone born around Christmas. French male composed names frequently start with "Jean", female's with "Anne" or "Marie".


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