Names starting with Y

From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" or other characters with a similar pronunciation.

Means "born on Thursday" in Akan.

Hebrew form of Jacob.

Hebrew form of Jaanai.

Biblical Hebrew form of Jacob.

Means "honeycomb" and "honeysuckle" in Hebrew.

Hebrew form of Jaasiel.

Hebrew form of Jahleel.

Perhaps a feminine form of Yochanan.

Hebrew form of Jahzeel.

Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسين (see Yasin) chiefly used in North Africa.

Alternate transcription of Arabic يعقوب (see Yaqub).

Form of Yaqub used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name. It has been used in Mexico since at least the 1940s [1], perhaps inspired by the Colombian...

Hebrew form of Jadon.

From Japanese 八 (ya) and 重 (e) meaning "multilayered" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji characters can also form this name.

Hebrew form of Jael.

Means "ostrich" in Hebrew.

Derived from Hebrew יָפֶה (yafe) meaning "beautiful, pleasant".

Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפָה (see Yafa).

Means "brown, chestnut (colour)" in Turkish.

Means "rain" in Turkish and Azerbaijani.

Spanish form of Iacobus (see James). The form Santiago refers more specifically to the New Testament apostles.

From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" and 涵 (hán) meaning "to contain, to include". Other combinations of characters are also...

Means "hope" in Hebrew.

Hausa form and Malay variant of Yahya.

Alternate transcription of Arabic يحيى (see Yahya).

Possibly a variant of Yair. This name is borne by the Mexican singer Yahir Othón Parra (1979-), commonly known as Yahir, who appeared on the reality...

From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" combined with 惠 (huì) meaning "favour, benefit". This name can also be formed from other...

Variant of Yahweh.

A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the Tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman...

Arabic form of Yoḥanan (see John) appearing in the Quran, as well as the Turkish and Persian form. This name honours John the Baptist, a prophet in...

Hebrew form of Jair, as well as a Spanish variant.

From the name of a town in the Canary Islands, Spain. It was used by the novelist Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa for the main character in his Ocean trilogy...

Belarusian form of Jacob (or James).

Hebrew form of Jachin.

Russian form of Joachim.

Means "precious" in Hebrew.

Ukrainian form of Jacob (or James).

Older Armenian form of Jacob (or James).

Russian and Bulgarian form of Jacob (or James), and an alternate transcription of Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (see Yaakov).

Alternate transcription of Arabic يعقوب (see Yaqub).

Hausa form of Yaqub.

Turkish form of Jacob.

Means "steep" in Turkish.

From a Welsh surname, which was itself derived from a place name meaning "fertile upland" (from Welsh ial).

Means "my God" in Hebrew, from יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God and לִי (li) "for me".

From Chinese 雅 (yǎ) meaning "elegant, graceful, refined" combined with 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade". This name can be formed of other...

Means "abundance" in Hausa.

Means "sea" in Ugaritic. Yam was the Ugaritic god of the sea, also associated with chaos, storms and destruction. He was a son of the chief god El.

Means "twin" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu god of death. According to the Vedas he was the first mortal being, or in other words, the...

Pashto form of Jam.

Means "mountainside, slope" in Turkish.

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Amon.

Reconstructed Egyptian form of Amonet.

From Yamato, an ancient name for Japan. It can also refer to the Yamato period in Japanese history, which lasted into the 8th century. The individual...

Means "twin" in Sanskrit. According to the Vedas this was the name of the first woman, the twin sister of Yama, later equated with the river goddess Y...

Means "be grateful, praise" in Chewa.

Form of Jamila used especially in Latin America.

Variant of Yamila.