Names starting with the letter Y

Here you’ll find all the names beginning with the letter Y, followed by the meaning of the name starting with a Y. If the name is blue, it is a name normally given to a boy. If the name has a pink color, then it is usually given to a girl. A green name can be given to both boys and girls.

	Name	Meaning
	Yug	Age or generation
	Yugadarman	Eldest Pandava brother
	Yugal	Pair
	Yugantar	Distance between two generations, firm in the battle, or ever Lasting
	Yugap	Best of the Era
	Yugesh	Name
	Yugma	Twins
	Yugurten	Berber form of Jugurtha.
	Yuhanna	Arabic form of Greek Ioannes (see John).
	Yuhannis	Zubair
	Yui	Elegant Cloth
	Yuichi	Kind One
	Yuina	Tie, Bind
	Yuji	Abundant, Second, Healing, Peace
	Yu Jie	Pure, Beautiful Jade
	Yuka	Kind Smell
	Yukari	Save Help
	Yuki	Snow Or Lucky
	Yukia	Kindly, Gentle Tree
	Yukiko	Happiness, Snow
	Yukino	To Be Like Snow
	Yukio	Gets What He Wants
	Yuko	From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" or 裕 (yū) meaning "abundant" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can be formed of different kanji characters as well.
	Yukta	Idea
	Yukthi	Cleverness
	Yukti	Trick, solution
	Yul	Form Of Julius
	Yula	youthful
	Yulagamahadevi	Young girl
	Yulaganayaki	The earth
	Yulanda	violet flower
	Yulduz	Means "star" in Uzbek.
	Yule	Of Christmastime
	Yulenka	youthful
	Yuli	Alternate transcription of Russian Юлий (see Yuliy).
	Yulia	Youthful, Downy
	Yulian	Russian and Bulgarian form of Julian.
	Yuliana	Youthful, Downy
	Yulianna	Russian form of Juliana.
	Yulinka	youthful
	Yulissa	A beautiful girl
	Yuliy	Russian and Ukrainian form of Julius.
	Yuliya	youthful
	Yulka	youthful
	Yulla	wealthy; gem of the sea; sacred red
	Yuma	Son Of The Chief
	Yume	From Japanese 夢 (yume) meaning "dream, vision". It can also come from 裕 (yu) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful" and 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.
	Yumi	Short Bow
	Yu-Mi	From Sino-Korean 有 (yu) meaning "have, possess" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other hanja character combinations can also form this name.
	Yumie	Help + Serpent
	Yumiko	Child Of Bow And Arrow
	Yumn	Success or good fortune
	Yumna	Good Fortune
	Yun	Born in the clouds
	Yuna	Kindness
	Yung	Prosperity
	Yun Hee	Lotus flower and pleasure
	Yunis	Dove
	Yun-Seo	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.
	Yunuen	Meaning unknown, probably of indigenous (maybe Purépecha) origin. This is the name of an island on Lake Pátzcuaro in Mexico.
	Yunus	Prophet
	Yunus Emre	Combination of Yunus and Emre, given in reference to the 13th-century poet.
	Yura	One who is beautiful.
	Yuraq	Means "white" in Quechua.
	Yure	A farmer by occupation
	Yureed	Want, desire.
	Yurem	Exalted By God
	Yurena	Canarian Spanish name of recent origin, derived from the Guanche word yruene meaning "demon, evil spirit". This word was first recorded incorrectly as yurena by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1803.
	Yuri	Farmer
	Yuridia	Invented Name
	Yuriko	lily child
	Yuriy	Farmer
	Yuriye	Benefit, Lily, Friend, Blessed
	Yury	Alternate transcription of Russian Юрий or Belarusian Юрый (see Yuriy).
	Yusayrah	Easy; One of the First Two Swear Allegiance (bayah) to the Prophet
	Yusef	The Arabic version of Joseph, a biblical name meaning 'God will add (another son)'.
	Yuseffa	Jehovah increases
	Yusei	Save, Help
	Yusha	Arabic form of Yehoshuaʿ (see Joshua).
	Yushan	Mountain
	Yushfa	Youthful.
	Yushua	A form of Joshua, meaning God saves.
	Yusif	Azerbaijani form of Yusuf.
	Yusof	Malay form of Yusuf.
	Yusra	Success
	Yusri	comfort
	Yusria	Highly Prosperous; Fortunate; Lucky; Well destined
	Yustina	Fair, rightful
	Yusuf	God Will Increase
	Yusup	Turkmen form of Yusuf.
	Yut	War
	Yuta	One With Many Friends
	Yutajit	Victorious
	Yutaka	From Japanese 豊 (yutaka) meaning "luxuriant, lush, bountiful" or 裕 (yutaka) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful". Other kanji can also form this name.
	Yutheeka	Jasmine
	Yuthika	Multitude
	Yuti	Union
	Yutika	Flower
	Yutke	Yiddish diminutive of Judith.
	Yuto	From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person" or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are possible.