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Letter Y

Names starting with Y.

Explore boy, girl and unisex names that begin with Y. Use the gender links below or the filters to narrow results.

5,210 names match this page. Popular picks include Yuto, Yuki, Yannis, Yang, Yaw.

Gentle person

JapaneseChristian#4448

Courageous, snow

JapaneseChristian#4702

Gift of god, the lord is gracious

HindiHindu#5318

The male principle of the universe, light, sun

Chinese#5637

Boy born on thursday

German#4607

God increases; Prophet Yusuf (AS)

ArabicIslamic#4378

Extremely handsome

ArabicIslamic#5141

Farmer, earthworker

Greek#5166

Lily

JapaneseChristian#2547

Brave, handsome, intelligent

unknown#2549

Well-born, Born to Nobility

RussianChristian#4413

Easeful support

Japanese#3546

Archer, Yew / Archer

French, GermanicChristian#5995

Courageous, Forever, Brave

ChineseChristian#5734

Silent or quiet

HindiHindu#5173

Gentle, superior, to bind

Japanese#3752

Intelligent, clever

Chinese#3770

God's grace yanis - god's gift

ChineseChristian#3434

Gentle

LatinChristian#3118

Young, Youthful, Soft Bearded

RussianChristian#5419

To shine brightly

Chinese#2314

Victory, glory

HindiHindu#5217

Gift from god

PersianIslamic#4228

Profiting

Chinese#4524

Mother Returns, From Yoruba

YorubaChristian#5934

Journey

ArabicIslamic#3979

Beautiful, reason

KoreanChristian#3922

Happy Child

AustralianChristian#4741

Slavic form of Jana, a feminine form of John, “God is gracious”.

Slavic#2652

Child of the sun

HindiHindu#5306

Night or nocturnal

HindiIslamic#2994

Valient

Korean#3254

Vast landscape, open expanse of land, scenic vista

PersianIslamic#4984

Born on a thursday

Akan#3858

Child of Yuri, Prized Child

AustralianChristian#2878

Yew tree, archer

FrenchChristian#4319

God of yoga

HindiHindu#3125

yewtree

GermanicChristian#2498

violet flower

LatinChristian#5741

Dove, name of Prophet Yunus (AS) (Jonah)

ArabicIslamic#4929

Name of the prophet

ArabicIslamic#5691

He lives, Prophet Yahya (John) (AS)

ArabicIslamic#2620

Jasmine, sym friendliness, variant transcription of yasmin from persian

ArabicIslamic#4486

Jasmine flower, chanbeli ka phool

ArabicIslamic#5781

Mystic letters Ya Seen, name of Surah 36 of the Quran

ArabicIslamic#4785

Easy-going, wealthy, prosperous; name of Yasir ibn Amir (RA), a companion of the Prophet (PBUH)

ArabicIslamic#4724

Variant transcription of yusuf

ArabicIslamic#2849

God raises

HebrewJudaism#5398

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