Submitted Names with "yew" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted names in which the meaning contains the keyword yew.
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Aginaga f Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque hagin "yew (tree)" and the suffix -aga. It is also the name of a town in the Basque region of Spain, which is occasionally the inspiration behind this name.
Eodhus m Old Irish
Meaning uncertain, possibly contains the Old Irish elements "yew" and either dos "tree, copse, thicket; protector" or guss "vigour, strength, force".
Ifig m Breton (Rare)
Derived from Celtic yv "yew".
Iven m German, Literature, Low German
Iven is a variant of the Gemanic name Ivo 1 which is traced to a word meaning "yew" (the wood of the yew was used for building good bows).... [more]
Ivi m Breton
Meaning uncertain, possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *iwos "yew" or a variant of Devi 1.
Iwawaldan m Germanic
Reconstructed Ancient Germanic name derived from íwaz ("yew tree") and waldaz# ("ruler").
Milon m Ancient Greek (Latinized), English, German (Rare), Literature
Derived from Greek milos "yew".... [more]
Oein m Irish
In terms of etymology it is though to be derived from the Shelta words for “Seer”, as a phonetical interpretation of the Gaelic/ Irish word Ogham.... [more]
Tisa f Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a derivation from the name of the river flowing through Ukraine, Romania, Hungary and Serbia and a derivation from tisa "yew tree".
Ýr f Icelandic, Faroese
Directly taken from Old Norse ýr "yew tree; bow".
Ywi m Anglo-Saxon, History (Ecclesiastical)
Perhaps from the Old English elements íw "yew tree" (see īwaz) and wig "war". Ywi (or Iwig) was an Anglo-Saxon saint venerated in the English county of Wiltshire in the Middle Ages, where his relics were enshrined (at the county town, Wilton, near Salisbury)... [more]