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Xiomara f Spanish
Possibly a Spanish form of Guiomar.

Yoselin f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Jocelyn.

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

Yseult f French (Rare)
French form of Iseult.

Yseut f Arthurian Cycle
Old French form of Iseult, appearing in the 12th-century Norman French poem Tristan by Béroul.

Ysolt f Arthurian Cycle
Old French form of Iseult, appearing in the 12th-century Old French poem Tristan by Thomas of Britain.

Yveline f French
Feminine diminutive of Yves.

Yvelise f French
Feminine form of Yves (or an elaboration using Élise). It was (first?) borne by the title character in the Italian novel Yvelise (1923) by Guido da Verona. It later appeared in the photonovel Yvelise devant l'amour published in the French magazine Nous Deux in 1950.

Yves m French
Medieval French form of Ivo 1. This was the name of two French saints: an 11th-century bishop of Chartres and a 13th-century parish priest and lawyer, also known as Ivo of Kermartin, the patron saint of Brittany.

Yveta f Czech
Czech form of Yvette.

Yvetta f Czech
Czech variant of Iveta.

Yvette f French, English
French feminine form of Yves.

Yvo m Dutch
Variant of Ivo 1.

Yvon m French
Medieval diminutive of Yves.

Yvona f Czech
Czech form of Yvonne.

Yvonne f French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
French feminine form of Yvon. It has been regularly used in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.

Zelda 2 f English
Short form of Griselda. This is the name of a princess in the Legend of Zelda video games, debuting in 1986 and called ゼルダ (Zeruda) in Japanese. According to creator Shigeru Miyamoto she was named after the American socialite Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948).

Zélie f French
Short form of Azélie. This is another name of Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877).

Zelma f English
Variant of Selma 1.

Žiga m Slovene
Slovene form of Sigmund.

Zigmantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sigmund.

Zigmārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Siegmar.

Žigmund m Slovak
Slovak form of Sigmund.

Zikmund m Czech
Czech form of Sigmund.

Zsiga m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsigmond.

Zsigmond m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Sigmund.

Zygfryd m Polish
Polish form of Siegfried.

Zygmunt m Polish
Polish form of Sigmund.