Browse Names (page 3) - Behind the Name

Yannick m & f Breton, French
Diminutive of Yann or Yanna 2.

Yardena f Hebrew
Hebrew feminine form of Jordan.

Yaretzi f Spanish (Latin American, Modern)
Possibly a variant of Yaritza.

Yaritza f Spanish (Latin American)
Elaborated form of Yara 1 or Yara 2 (using the same suffix as Maritza).

Yarov'am m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jeroboam.

Yasamin f Persian
Persian form of Yasmin.

Yasemin f Turkish
Turkish form of Jasmine.

Yashoda f Hinduism, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu
Means "giver of fame", from Sanskrit यशस् (yaśas) meaning "fame, glory" and दा (dā) meaning "to give". According to the Puranas this was the name of the foster mother of Krishna.

Yasmeen f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسمين or Urdu یاسمین (see Yasmin).

Yasmina f Arabic, Spanish (Modern), French (Modern)
Variant of Yasmin.

Yasmine f Arabic, French (Modern), English (Modern)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسمين (see Yasmin).

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

Yechi'el m Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew form of Jehiel.

Yechiel m Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of Jehiel.

Yedidia m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew יְדִידְיָה (see Yedidya).

Yedidya m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jedidiah.

Yeho'ash m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jehoash.

Yehoram m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jehoram.

Yehowah m Theology
Variant spelling of Yahweh.

Yehudah m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew יְהוּדָה (see Yehuda).

Yehudit f Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Judith.

Yelisey m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Elisha.

Yemanjá f Afro-American Mythology
Variant of Iemanjá.

Yénifer f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Jennifer.

Yeong-Gi m Korean
From Sino-Korean 榮 (yeong) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" and 起 (gi) meaning "rise, stand up, begin". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

Yeong-Ho m Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 映 (yeong) meaning "reflect light" or 泳 (yeong) meaning "dive, swim" combined with 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast" or 皓 (ho) meaning "bright, luminous, clear, hoary". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Yeong-Ja f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" and 子 (ja) meaning "child". Other hanja character combinations can form this name as well. Feminine names ending with the character 子 (a fashionable name suffix in Japan, read as -ko in Japanese) were popular in Korea during the period of Japanese rule (1910-1945). After liberation this name and others like it declined in popularity.

Yeong-Su m Korean
From Sino-Korean 永 (yeong) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 壽 (su) meaning "long life, lifespan", as well as other hanja character combinations.

Yerusha f Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jerusha.

Yesenia f Spanish (Latin American)
From Jessenia, the genus name of a variety of palm trees found in South America. As a given name, it was popularized by the writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché in the 1970 Mexican telenovela Yesenia and the 1971 film adaptation.

Yéssica f Spanish
Spanish form of Jessica.

Yetunde f Yoruba
Means "mother has come again" in Yoruba.

Yevgeni m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Евгений (see Yevgeniy).

Yevgeny m Russian
Alternate transcription of Russian Евгений (see Yevgeniy).

Yevgraf m Russian (Archaic)
Russian form of Eugraphios.

Yewande f Yoruba
Means "mother has found me" in Yoruba.

Yiannis m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης (see Giannis).

Yiftach m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jephthah.

Yiorgos m Greek
Alternate transcription of Greek Γιώργος (see Giorgos).

Yisra'el m Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew form of Israel.

Yisrael m Hebrew
Modern Hebrew form of Israel.

Yisroel m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Israel.

Yitzhak m Hebrew
Hebrew form of Isaac. This was the name of two recent Israeli prime ministers.

Yngvarr m Old Norse
Old Norse form of Ingvar.

Yohanes m Indonesian
Indonesian form of John.

Yolanda f Spanish, English
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.... [more]

Yolande f French
French form of Yolanda. A notable bearer of the 15th century was Yolande of Aragon, who acted as regent for the French king Charles VII, her son-in-law. She was a supporter of Joan of Arc.

Yo'ldosh m Uzbek
Means "comrade, fellow traveller" in Uzbek.

Yolonda f English
Variant of Yolanda.

Yolotli f & m Nahuatl
Variant of Yolotl.

Yonatan m Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jonathan.

Yordana f Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of Jordan.

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

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.

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.

Young-Gi m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영기 (see Yeong-Gi).

Young-Ho m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영호 (see Yeong-Ho).

Young-Ja f Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영자 (see Yeong-Ja).

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).

Ysbrand m Dutch (Rare)
Variant of IJsbrand.

Yuhanna m Arabic
Arabic form of Greek Ioannes (see John).

Yuliana f Russian, Bulgarian, Indonesian
Russian, Bulgarian and Indonesian form of Juliana.

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

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.

Zachary m English, Biblical
Usual English form of Zacharias, used in some English versions of the New Testament. This form has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. It was borne by American military commander and president Zachary Taylor (1784-1850).

Zachery m English
Variant of Zachary.

Zackary m English
Variant of Zachary.

Zackery m English
Variant of Zachary.

Zakiyya f Arabic
Feminine form of Zaki.

Zbyhněv m Czech (Rare)
Czech form of Zbigniew.

Zendaya f African American (Modern)
Borne by the American actress Zendaya Coleman (1996-), known simply as Zendaya. Her name was apparently inspired by the Shona name Tendai.

Zevadya m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Zebadiah.

Zhirayr m Armenian
Means "strong, active" in Armenian.

Zhuldyz f Kazakh
Means "star" in Kazakh.

Zhyldyz f Kyrgyz
Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz Жылдыз (see Jyldyz).

Zhyrgal m & f Kyrgyz
Alternate transcription of Kyrgyz Жыргал (see Jyrgal).

Zinoviy m Russian, Ukrainian
Russian and Ukrainian form of the Greek name Ζηνόβιος (Zenobios), the masculine form of Zenobia.

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.

Zoryana f Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian зоря (zorya) meaning "dawn, star".

Zselyke f Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of Željka.

Zübeyde f Turkish
Turkish form of Zubaida.

Züleyha f Turkish
Turkish form of Zuleika.

Züleyxa f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zuleika.

Zygfryd m Polish
Polish form of Siegfried.

Zygmunt m Polish
Polish form of Sigmund.

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