This is a list of submitted names in which the place is Peru.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Yahir m Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic, Modern)Meaning unknown, perhaps a variant of
Yair. A known bearer of this name is Mexican singer and actor Yahir Othón Parra (1979-), commonly known as Yahir, whose career began on the music reality show
La Academia in 2002, the first year Yahir appeared in the top 1000 names in the United States.
Yampák f AguarunaFrom the Awajun word for a kind of wild tree found near rivers.
Yámpan f AguarunaEtymology unknown. In Awajún mythology, this is the name of the wife of the sun.
Yanay f Quechua, SpanishFrom Quechua
yanay meaning "my beloved", from
yana "lover" and
-y, possesive suffix. It can also mean "my blackness" or figuratively "my dark-skinned girl", as
yana means "black" in Quechua too.
Yäpa m & f AymaraMeans "excellent, very suitable" in Aymara.
Yapu f AymaraMeans "land which has been planted before harvest" in Aymara.
Yerma f Theatre, Spanish (Rare)The title character in a tragic play by the Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca:
Yerma (1934). Her name is the feminine form of the Spanish word
yermo meaning "desert" or "barren".
Yma f Quechua (?)Yma Sumac was the stage name of Peruvian soprano Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (1922-2008). She based it on her mother's name, which was derived from Quechua
ima shumaq meaning "how beautiful!", although in interviews Sumac claimed it meant "beautiful girl" or "beautiful flower".... [
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Yorleny f Spanish (Latin American)Apparently from the English phrase
Yours Lenny, signed at the end of letters by a sailor named Lenny Smith to his Costa Rican wife, hence why usage of this name is mainly concentrated in that country.... [
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Yotuel m Spanish (Caribbean), Spanish (Latin American)Mainly seen in Cuba, where there is a clear trend for parents to be creative with names. One might think one element of this name is derived from Hebrew
el "God", but that is not so: rather, this name is made up of the Spanish pronouns
yo "I",
tú "you" and
el "he"... [
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