Browse Names

Yoshi m & f Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck", 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous", or 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", as well as other kanji with the same reading.

Yoshie f & m Japanese
From Japanese 芳 (yoshi) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or 由 (yoshi) meaning "reason, case" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations with the same reading can also form this name.

Yoshiko f Japanese
From Japanese 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable", 芳 (yoshi) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or 悦 (yoshi) meaning "joy, pleased" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can be formed from other kanji combinations as well.

Yoshimitsu m Japanese
From Japanese 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous", 芳 (yoshi) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful", or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" combined with 光 (mitsu) meaning "light". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Yoshio m Japanese
From Japanese 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" and 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly", as well as many other kanji combinations having the same pronunciation.

Yoshiro m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 義郎 (see Yoshirō).

Yoshirō m Japanese
From Japanese 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yoshirou m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 義郎 (see Yoshirō).

Yoshiyahu m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Josiah.

Yosif m Bulgarian, Tatar
Bulgarian and Tatar form of Joseph.

Yossel m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Joseph.

Yōsuke m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (yō) meaning "light, sun, male" or 洋 (yō) meaning "ocean" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "help, assist". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.

Yosuke m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 陽介 or 洋介 or 洋右 (see Yōsuke).

Yosyp m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Joseph.

Younes m Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
North African and Persian form of Yunus.

Young-Soo m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영수 (see Yeong-Su).

Young-Sook f Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영숙 (see Yeong-Suk).

Younis m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic يونس (see Yunus).

Younus m Urdu
Usual Urdu transcription of Yunus.

Yousaf m Urdu
Urdu form of Yusuf.

Yousef m Persian, Arabic
Persian form of Yusuf, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.

Yousra f Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يسرى or يسرا (see Yusra) chiefly used in North Africa.

Yousry m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic يسري (see Yusri).

Youssef m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic يوسف (see Yusuf).

Yousuke m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 陽介 or 洋介 or 洋右 (see Yōsuke).

Ysabel f Spanish (Archaic)
Medieval Spanish form of Isabel.

Ysapy f Guarani
Means "dew" in Guarani.

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.

Yudes f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Judith.

Yudhishthira m Hinduism
Derived from Sanskrit युधि (yudhi) meaning "war" and स्थिर (sthira) meaning "firm, steady". In the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, Yudhishthira was the eldest of the Pandavas, the five sons of Pandu. In actuality, he was born to Pandu's wife Kunti by the god Yama.

Yudhisthira m Hinduism
Alternate transcription of Sanskrit युधिष्ठिर (see Yudhishthira).

Yunis m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Jonah.

Yun-Seo f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 尹 (yun) meaning "govern" or 允 (yun) meaning "allow, consent" combined with 序 (seo) meaning "series, sequence", as well as other hanja character combinations.

Yunus m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Yona (see Jonah). It appears in the Quran.

Yunus Emre m Turkish
Combination of Yunus and Emre, given in reference to the 13th-century poet.

Yusef m Persian, Arabic
Alternate transcription of Persian یوسف (see Yousef) or Arabic يوسف (see Yusuf).

Yusha m Arabic
Arabic form of Yehoshuaʿ (see Joshua).

Yusif m Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yusuf.

Yusof m Malay
Malay form of Yusuf.

Yusra f Arabic
Means "wealth, ease" in Arabic, a derivative of يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich".

Yusri m & f Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Means "comfort, ease, prosperity" in Arabic, from the root يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich". It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Indonesia.

Yustina f Russian
Russian form of Iustina (see Justina).

Yusuf m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Pashto, Tajik, Uzbek, Bengali
Arabic form of Yosef (see Joseph) appearing in the Quran. This is also the form used in several other languages.

Ýusup m Turkmen
Turkmen form of Yusuf.

Yusup m Indonesian, Avar, Uyghur
Indonesian, Avar and Uyghur form of Yusuf.

Yuusuf m Somali
Somali form of Yosef (see Joseph).

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.

Zacarías m Spanish
Spanish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zacarias m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zacchaeus m Biblical
From Ζακχαῖος (Zakchaios), the Greek form of Zaccai. According to the New Testament, Zacchaeus was a tax collector who climbed a tree in order to catch a glimpse of Jesus, then gave half of his possessions to charity.

Zaccharias m Biblical Latin
Form of Zacharias used in the Latin Bible.

Zaccheus m Biblical Latin
Latin form of Zakchaios (see Zacchaeus) used in the Vulgate.

Zacharias m Biblical, Biblical Greek, Greek
Greek form of Zechariah. This form of the name is used in most English translations of the New Testament to refer to the father of John the Baptist. It was also borne by an 8th-century pope (called Zachary in English).

Zachariasz m Polish (Rare)
Polish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zakchaios m Biblical Greek
Form of Zacchaeus used in the Greek New Testament.

Žanis m Latvian
Latvian form of Jean 1.

Zarathushtra m Avestan
Avestan form of Zarathustra.

Zarathustra m History
From Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (Zarathushtra), in which the second element is 𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (ushtra) meaning "camel". Proposed meanings for the first element include "old", "moving", "angry" and "yellow". Zarathustra was an Iranian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism around the 10th century BC. He is also called Zoroaster in English, from the Greek form of his name Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).

Zartosht m Persian
Modern Persian form of Zarathustra.

Záviš m Czech (Rare)
Derived from Czech závist meaning "envy".

Zawisza m Polish (Archaic)
Polish cognate of Záviš.

Zbyšek m Czech
Diminutive of Zbyhněv, now used independently.

Zbyszek m Polish
Diminutive of Zbigniew.

Zdeslav m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by a 9th-century duke of Croatia.

Zdislav m Czech
Czech form of Zdzisław.

Zdislava f Czech
Czech feminine form of Zdzisław. This name was borne by the 13th-century Czech saint Zdislava Berka.

Zdzisław m Polish
Slavic name, possibly from the element děti "to do, to say" combined with slava "glory".

Zdzisława f Polish
Feminine form of Zdzisław.

Zebedaios m Biblical Greek
New Testament Greek form of Zebedee.

Zenais f Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek variant of Zenaida.

Zenobios m Ancient Greek
Masculine form of Zenobia.

Zenonas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Zeno.

Zephyrinus m Late Roman
Latin form of Zeferino.

Zephyros m Greek Mythology
Greek form of Zephyr.

Zephyrus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Zephyros (see Zephyr).

Zeresh f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Meaning unknown, probably of Persian origin. In the Book of Esther in the Old Testament she is the wife of Haman the Agagite.

Zeus m Greek Mythology
The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *Dyēws, from the root *dyew- meaning "sky" or "shine". In Greek mythology he was the highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.... [more]

Zhalgas m Kazakh
Means "continuation, prolongation" in Kazakh.

Zhandos m Kazakh
From Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul" and дос (dos) meaning "friend" (both words of Persian origin).

Zhansaya f Kazakh
From Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul" and сая (saya) meaning "shadow, shade, protection, comfort" (both words of Persian origin).

Zigmantas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Sigmund.

Zigmārs m Latvian
Latvian form of Siegmar.

Zisel f Yiddish (Rare)
From Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet".

Ziska f German
Short form of Franziska.

Zlatuše f Czech
Diminutive of Zlata.

Zoilos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zoilus.

Zoilus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Ζωΐλος (Zoilos), derived from ζωή (zoe) meaning "life". This name was borne by a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher known as a critic of Homer, and also by two Indo-Greek kings. Saint Zoilus was martyred at Córdoba, Spain during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century.

Zopyros m Ancient Greek
Means "glowing" in Greek. This was the name of a Persian nobleman who aided his king Darius in the capture of Babylon. He did this by mutilating himself and then going to the Babylonians claiming that it had been Darius who did it to him. After gaining their trust he betrayed them.

Zornitsa f Bulgarian
Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.

Zoroaster m History
English form of Zarathustra, via the Greek form Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).

Zoroastres m Avestan (Hellenized)
Greek form of Zarathustra.

Zosia f Polish
Diminutive of Zofia.

Zosime f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).

Zosimos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zosimus.

Zosimus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ζώσιμος (Zosimos), a Greek name derived from ζώσιμος (zosimos) meaning "viable" or "likely to survive". This was the name of several early saints and a pope.

Zoticus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ζωτικός (Zotikos), derived from ζωτικός (zotikos) meaning "full of life". This was the name of several early saints.

Zotikos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zoticus.

Zsanett f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Jeannette.

Zsazsa f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zselyke f Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of Željka.

Zsiga m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsigmond.

Zsigmond m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Sigmund.

Zsófia f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Sophia.

Zsófika f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsófia.

Zsóka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Erzsébet or Zsófia.

Zsolt m Hungarian
Old variant of Zoltán.

Zsombor m Hungarian
Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "bison, wisent".

Zsuzsa f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zsuzsanna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Susanna.

Zsuzsi f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zusa f Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

Zusman m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

Žydrūnas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue" (using the patronymic suffix ūnas).