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YAAKOV   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACOB

YACHIN   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JACHIN

YADON   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JADON

YAFE   m & f   Hebrew
Variant and masculine form of YAFFA

YAFFE   m & f   Hebrew
Variant transcription of YAFE

YAGO   m   Spanish
Spanish form of JACOB (or JAMES).

YAHVEH   m   Theology
Variant of YAHWEH

YAHWEH   m   Theology
A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), transliterated into Roman script Y H W H... [more]

YAHYA   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Yochanan (see JOHN).

YAIR   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JAIR

YAKIM   m   Russian
Russian form of JOACHIM

YAKIV   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of JACOB (or JAMES).

YAKOV   m   Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JACOB (or JAMES), and a Hebrew variant transcription of YAAKOV.

YAKUP   m   Turkish
Turkish form of JACOB

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

YAM   m   Near Eastern Mythology
Means "sea" in Ugaritic... [more]

YAMA   m   Indian, Hindu Mythology
Means "reign, curb" in Sanskrit... [more]

YAMANU   m   Egyptian Mythology
Reconstructed Egyptian form of AMON

YAMATO   m   Japanese
Refers to the ancient Yamato period in Japanese history, which lasted into the 8th century... [more]

YAN   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

YANCY   m   English
From a surname, which was an Americanized form of the Dutch surname Jansen meaning "JAN (1)'s son".

YANICK   m & f   Breton, French
Masculine and feminine diminutive of YANN

YANIV   m   Hebrew
Means "he will prosper" in Hebrew.

YANKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB

YANKO   m   Bulgarian
Diminutive of YAN

YANN   m   Breton, French
Breton form of JOHN

YANNI   m   Greek
Variant transcription of YIANNI

YANNIC   m & f   Breton, French
Masculine and feminine diminutive of YANN

YANNICK   m & f   Breton, French
Masculine and feminine diminutive of YANN

YANNIS   m   Greek
Variant transcription of YIANNIS

YAQUB   m   Arabic
Arabic form of Ya'aqov (see JACOB).

YARDEN   m & f   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORDAN

YARED   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JARED

YAROMIR   m   Russian
Russian form of JAROMÍR

YARON   m   Hebrew
Means "to sing" or "to shout" in Hebrew.

YAROPOLK   m   Russian
Russian form of JAROPEŁK

YAROSLAV   m   Russian
Russian form of JAROSŁAW

YASEN   m   Bulgarian
Means "ash tree" in Bulgarian.

YASH   m   Indian
Derived from Sanskrit यशः (yashas) meaning "glory, fame".

YASHA   m   Russian
Russian diminutive of YAKOV

YASIR   m   Arabic
Means "to be rich", derived from Arabic يسر (yasira) "to become easy"... [more]

YASSER   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of YASIR

YASU   f & m   Japanese
From Japanese "peaceful", "peace" or "level".

YAVOR   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JAVOR

YAVUZ   m   Turkish
Means "stern, grim" in Turkish.

YAW   m   Western African
Means "born on Thursday" in Akan.

YECHEZKEL   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of EZEKIEL

YECHI'EL   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHIEL

YEDIDYAH   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEDIDIAH

YEFIM   m   Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ευφεμιος (Euphemios), the masculine form of EUPHEMIA.

YEFREM   m   Russian
Russian form of EPHRAIM

YEGOR   m   Russian
Russian form of GEORGE

YEHIEL   m   Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHIEL

YEHO'ASH   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHOASH

YEHOCHANAN   m   Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JOHN

YEHONATAN   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHONATHAN

YEHORAM   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHORAM

YEHOSHAFAT   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHOSHAPHAT

YEHOSHUA   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSHUA

YEHOWAH   m   Theology
Variant spelling of YAHWEH

YEHOYAKHIN   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHOIACHIN

YEHOYAKIM   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHOIAKIM

YEHU'   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHU

YEHUDAH   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUDAH

YEHUDI   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JEHUDI

YEMELYAN   m   Russian
Russian form of Aemilianus (see EMILIANO).

YERED   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JARED

YERIYAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JERIAH

YERMOLAI   m   Russian
Russian form of HERMOLAOS

YESHA'YAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISAIAH

YESHUA   m   Biblical Hebrew, Ancient Aramaic
Contracted form of Yehoshu'a (see JOSHUA) used in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Old Testament... [more]

YEVGENI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

YEVGENIY   m   Russian
Russian form of EUGENE

YEVGENY   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YEVGENIY

YEVHENIY   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of EUGENE

YI   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese "suitable", "justice", "profit", "joy, harmony" (which is usually only feminine) or "ceremony" (also usually only feminine).

YIANNI   m   Greek
Greek form of JOHN

YIANNIS   m   Greek
Greek form of JOHN

YIDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YIORGOS   m   Greek
Modern Greek form of GEORGE

YIRMIYAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JEREMIAH

YISHAI   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of JESSE

YISHMERAY   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISHMERAI

YISRA'EL   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Original Hebrew form of ISRAEL

YISSAKHAR   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISSACHAR

YITZHAK   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of ISAAC... [more]

YLLI   m   Albanian
Derived from Albanian yll meaning "star".

YNGVAR   m   Norwegian
Variant of INGVAR

YNGVE   m   Scandinavian
Modern form of YNGVI

YNGVI   m   Norse Mythology
Possibly an Old Norse cognate of ING... [more]

YOAN   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JOHN

YO'ASH   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOASH

YOAV   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOAB

YOCHANAN   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOHN... [more]

YOEL   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOEL

YONAH   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JONAH

YONATAN   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JONATHAN

YONG   m & f   Chinese, Korean
From Chinese "brave" or "perpetual"... [more]

YONI   m   Hebrew
Diminutive of YONATAN

YORAM   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JORAM

YORATH   m   Welsh
Anglicized form of IORWERTH

YORDAN   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JORDAN

YORGOS   m   Greek
Variant transcription of YIORGOS

YORI   m   Japanese
Means "trust" in Japanese.

YORICK   m   Literature
Altered form of JØRG... [more]

YORK   m   English
From a surname, which was derived from York, the name of a city in northern England... [more]

YOSEF   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSEPH

YOSHI   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese "good luck", "righteous", or "good".

YOSHIRO   m   Japanese
Variant transcription of YOSHIROU

YOSHIROU   m   Japanese
From Japanese 義 (yoshi) "righteous" and 郎 (rou) "son".

YOSHIYAHU   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOSIAH

YOSIF   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JOSEPH

YOSYP   m   Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of JOSEPH

YOTAM   m   Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JOTHAM

YOUNG   f & m   Korean
Means "brave" from Sino-Korean ... [more]

YOUSEF   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of YUSUF

YOUSSEF   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of YUSUF

YOUTA   m   Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (you) "sun, sunlight" and 太 (ta) "thick, big".

YRIAN   m   Medieval Scandinavian
Medieval Scandinavian form of JURIAN

YRJÄNÄ   m   Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE

YRJÖ   m   Finnish
Finnish form of GEORGE

YU   f & m   Chinese
From Chinese "jade", "happy, pleased" or "rain".

YUDA   m   Indonesian
Means "war" in Indonesian.

YUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH

YULI   m   Russian
Variant transcription of YULIY

YULIAN   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JULIAN

YULIY   m   Russian
Russian form of JULIUS

YUN   f & m   Chinese
Means "cloud" in Chinese.

YUNUS   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of JONAH

YURI (1)   m   Russian, Ukrainian
Variant transcription of YURIY

YURIY   m   Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of GEORGE... [more]

YUSEF   m   Arabic
Variant transcription of YUSUF

YUSHUA   m   Arabic
Arabic form of Yehoshu'a (see JOSHUA).

YUSSEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JOSEPH

YUSUF   m   Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Yosef (see JOSEPH).

YUU   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese "gentleness, superiority" or "distant, leisurely".

YUUDAI   m   Japanese
From Japanese 雄 (yuu) "hero, manly" and 大 (dai) "large, great".

YUUKI   m & f   Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority" or 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" combined with 希 (ki) "hope", 輝 (ki) "radiance" or 生 (ki) "life".

YUUMA   m   Japanese
From Japanese 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" or 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority" combined with 真 (ma) "real, true".

YUUTA   m   Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority", 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" or 勇 (yuu) "brave" combined with 太 (ta) "thick, big".

YUUTO   m   Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority" or 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to the constellation Ursa Major, or 人 (to) "person" or 翔 (to) "soar, fly".

YUVAL   m   Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of JUBAL

YVAIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Form of OWAIN used by the 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for his Arthurian tales.

YVES   m   French
Medieval French form of IVO (1)... [more]

YVO   m   German, Dutch
Variant of IVO (1)

YVON   m   French
Medieval diminutive of YVES

YWAIN   m   Welsh Mythology
Variant of YVAIN

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