Entry № 11866 · English origin

Yvaine Yvaine — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ee-VAIN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Evening star (Neil Gaiman's Stardust)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "evening star (neil gaiman's stardust)".

Yvaine is a modern coined name by Neil Gaiman — derived from Old French yvaine (evening star) and the Welsh name Yvain (a knight of King Arthur's Round Table). A modern revival name from contemporary fantasy literature. Yvaine — central character of Neil Gaiman's Stardust (1999 novel; 2007 film adaptation directed by Matthew Vaughn); the fallen star who becomes the romantic lead, played by Claire Danes in the film opposite Charlie Cox; the film grossed $137 million worldwide on a $70 million budget and developed cult-classic status; novel was illustrated by Charles Vess and won the ALA Alex Award (2000). Yvain (Owain mab Urien) — Arthurian knight; protagonist of Chrétien de Troyes's 12th-century Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion — one of the Arthurian romances; Yvaine is the feminine variant. The evening star in classical mythology is Venus / Hesperus.

Evening star (Neil Gaiman's Stardust) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Yvaine
Transliteration
Yvaine
Pronunciation
/ iˈveɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yvaine stands.

Yvaine does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Yvaines before her.

Real people

In fiction
Yvaine
Gaiman's Stardust.
1999
Yvain
Arthurian knight (Chrétien de Troyes).
12th century

Names connected to Yvaine.

The number behind Yvaine.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Yvaine reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.