Baby Names Starting with Y
NameRoot includes 219 baby names beginning with Y, drawn from Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Jewish, and Zoroastrian traditions across the world. Each name is scored across six signals to help your family find the right fit.
Sorted with tier-1 cultural classics first, then alphabetically. Tap any name for full meaning, etymology, and family-compatibility scoring.
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Tier-1 cultural classics
Yaa
Akan · Christian
Thursday-born girl
Yael
Hebrew · Jewish
Mountain goat, the sure-footed creature that climbs where others cannot follow
Yair
Hebrew · Jewish
He will enlighten, he will give light, from Hebrew Ya'ir, joining the divine subject with…
Yan
Chinese · Atheist
Swallow (the bird)
Yangchen
Tibetan · Buddhist
Sacred song, melodious goddess
Yanzi
Chinese · Buddhist
Swallow's grace
Yao
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yao
Yara
Persian · Muslim
Strength, courage; beloved companion
Yaretzi
Spanish · Christian
A modern Mexican indigenous-revival name evoking eternal-love affection
Yaritza
Spanish · Christian
Mexican-Indigenous Yaritza
Yash
Sanskrit · Hindu
Glory, fame, the bright reputation earned through righteous deeds
Yashvardhan
Sanskrit · Hindu
Increaser of fame
Yashvi
Sanskrit · Hindu
Glorious, famous one
Yasmim
Portuguese · Christian
Jasmine (Brazilian spelling)
Yasmin
Persian · Muslim
Jasmine, the night-blooming flower whose fragrance intensifies after sunset
Yatzil
Spanish · Christian
Beloved, precious thing, from the Yucatec Maya yatzil
Yebin
Korean · Buddhist
Refined art and grace
Yehuda
Hebrew · Jewish
Praised, the one who gives thanks
Yelena
Russian · Christian
Shining, a bright torch
Yen
Vietnamese · Buddhist
Swallow (the bird)
Yeonjun
Korean · Buddhist
Talented lotus, from Sino-Korean yeon 蓮 (lotus flower) and jun 俊 (talented, handsome)
Yesung
Korean · Buddhist
Star of the arts, from Sino-Korean ye 藝 (art, the cultivated arts) and sung 星 (star)
Yi
Chinese · Buddhist
Joy, harmony, contentment
Yi-Chen
Chinese · Buddhist
Leaning on the dawn, from Mandarin yi 'to lean on, to rely upon' and chen 'dawn,…
Yichun
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yichun
Yifei
Chinese · Buddhist
Also fragrant
Yihan
Chinese · Buddhist
Joy held within
Yilin
Chinese · Buddhist
Leaning on the forest, from Mandarin yi 'to lean on, to depend upon' and lin 'forest,…
Yiling
Chinese · Buddhist
Joyful jade-chime
Ying
Chinese · Buddhist
Luminous, crystal-clear jade
Yisrael
Hebrew · Jewish
He who wrestled with God
Yixuan
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yixuan
Yogesh
Kannada · Hindu
Lord of yoga
Yolanda
Spanish · Christian
Violet flower, from the Greek Iolanthe through medieval Hungarian and Italian Yolande…
Yong
Chinese · Buddhist
Brave, valiant, the bold one
Yoon-ah
Korean · Atheist
Allowing + elegant
Yoonho
Korean · Buddhist
Great integrity, vast sincerity
Yoonji
Korean · Buddhist
Wisdom of integrity
Yoonseo
Korean · Buddhist
Auspicious integrity
Younis
Arabic · Muslim
Dove, the prophet of the whale
Youssef
Arabic · Muslim
God increases
Yu
Chinese · Atheist
Universe, the cosmos
Yua
Japanese · Atheist
Bound by love, tied with affection
Yuen
Chinese · Buddhist
Cantonese-HK Yuen
Yug
Sanskrit · Hindu
Age, epoch, the cosmic time period that spans millions of years
Yuhan
Chinese · Buddhist
Modern poetic Mandarin name with classical resonance
Yuina
Japanese · Buddhist
Tied to fresh greens, a Japanese name joining yui (to tie, to bind, to connect) to na…
Yuju
Korean · Buddhist
Abundant pearl
Yuliya
Ukrainian · Christian
The Ukrainian form of Julia, from the Latin Iulia of the Roman gens Julia, a clan that…
Yuma
Japanese · Atheist
Calm truth
Yume
Japanese · Buddhist
Dream
Yunus
Turkish · Muslim
Turkish form of Jonah or Yunus, remembered through prophetic trial and return
Yuri
Japanese · Atheist
Lily
Yusuf
Arabic · Muslim
God increases, the prophet of extraordinary beauty and patience
Yutong
Chinese · Buddhist
Cosmos painted crimson
Yuvaan
Sanskrit · Hindu
Young, youthful, full of vitality
Yuze
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yuze
Yaakov
Hebrew · Jewish
The Hebrew original of Jacob, the patriarch who wrestled with an angel and was renamed…
Yacob
Malayalam · Christian
Jacob (Malayalam-Syriac form)
Yaeli
Hebrew · Jewish
Mountain goat, ascending one
Yagmur
Turkish · Muslim
Rain, rainfall, from Turkish yağmur, a nature name whose appeal lies wholly in the image…
Yağmur
Turkish · Muslim
Rain - a living Turkish given name supported by modern Turkish lexical usage and…
Yahya
Arabic · Muslim
He lives, God gives life
Yajaira
Spanish · Christian
Modern Mexican-Hebrew feminine
Yakup
Turkish · Muslim
Turkish form of Jacob, a prophetic family name of endurance
Yalçın
Turkish · Muslim
Steep, craggy, rugged
Yalda
Persian · Muslim
Birth
Yaman
Turkish · Muslim
Formidable, fierce, impressive in strength, from Turkish yaman, a word for someone…
Yamato
Japanese · Shinto
Great harmony
Yamileth
Spanish · Christian
Beautiful, from Arabic Jamila, adapted into Spanish-Mexican naming, sharing its root with…
Yan-Ling
Chinese · Buddhist
Cantonese-HK Yan-Ling
Yandel
Spanish · Christian
Born in the world of reggaeton and carried by a celebrated Puerto Rican performer, this…
Yanira
Spanish · Christian
A graceful modern Mexican feminine name, sometimes traced to the Greek Iolanthe 'violet…
Yanling
Chinese · Buddhist
Swallow jade
Yannis
Greek · Christian
God is gracious, the modern Greek rendering of John that carries two thousand years of…
Yaqin
Arabic · Muslim
Certainty, settled conviction, from the Arabic root y-q-n (to be certain)
Yaqub
Arabic · Muslim
The prophet Jacob, son of Ishaq and father of twelve sons who became the tribes of Israel
Yardena
Hebrew · Jewish
She who descends, of the Jordan
Yarely
Spanish · Christian
A graceful modern Mexican-American feminine name whose Y- opening and -ely ending belong…
Yasaman
Persian · Muslim
Jasmine
Yaseen
Arabic · Muslim
Mystery letters that open the heart of the Quran
Yashar
Persian · Muslim
Everlasting, may he live long
Yashleen
Punjabi · Sikh
Yashleen means 'absorbed in praise'
Yashwanth
Kannada · Hindu
Possessed of glory, one who carries fame and honor as a lasting attribute
Yasin
Arabic · Muslim
One of the sacred detached letters (muqatta'at) that open Surah Ya-Sin
Yasna
Persian · Muslim
Sacred worship, liturgy, from Avestan yasna, drawn from the verb yaz (to worship),…
Yassine
Arabic · Muslim
From the opening letters of Surah Ya-Sin
Yasuko
Japanese · Buddhist
Peaceful child
Yat-Sen
Chinese · Christian
Leisurely immortal, from Cantonese yat 'ease, leisure, the unfettered, the transcendent'…
Yatziri
Spanish · Christian
Precious flower, a modern Maya-inspired Mexican feminine name built on the Yucatec root…
Yaw
Akan · Christian
Thursday-born boy
Yawar
Persian · Muslim
Helper, ally, one who assists
Yazan
Arabic · Muslim
Balance, measure, one who weighs fairly, a sense drawn from the Arabic root w-z-n (to…
Yazhini
Tamil · Hindu
One linked to the yaazh, the ancient Tamil lute
Yeganeh
Persian · Muslim
Unique, singular
Yeji
Korean · Atheist
Art and wisdom
Yejin
Korean · Buddhist
Graceful and precious, from Sino-Korean ye (藝, art, grace, or 禮, propriety) joined with…
Yekta
Persian · Muslim
Unique, singular, one-of-a-kind
Yelda
Aramaic · Christian
Christmas, birth, from Aramaic yalda, the Nativity of Christ
Yeon-hee
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 연희
Yeong-min
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 영민
Yeonwoo
Korean · Buddhist
Lotus and cosmic
Yeoreum
Korean · Christian
Summer (native Korean)
Yeshe Drolma
Tibetan · Buddhist
Tibetan feminine compound meaning 'wisdom Tara'
Yeshe Lhamo
Tibetan · Buddhist
Tibetan feminine compound meaning 'wisdom goddess'
Yesica
Spanish · Christian
A Spanish-Mexican spelling of Jessica, a name first coined by Shakespeare and often…
Yesudas
Sanskrit-Tamil · Christian
Indian Christian compound built from Yesu (Indianized form of Jesus) and Das ('servant'),…
Yesudoss
Tamil · Christian
Servant of Jesus
Yesuraj
Tamil · Christian
King Jesus
Yewande
Yoruba · Christian
Mother has returned
Yeznik
Armenian · Christian
Honours Saint Yeznik of Kolb, the fifth-century theologian and disciple of Mesrop…
Yichen
Chinese · Atheist
One morning, the first daybreak, a single dawn that changes everything
Yifan
Chinese · Other
A name for a son whose parents wish him to be exceptional, to go beyond the expected, to…
Yiğit
Turkish · Muslim
Brave, valiant, a sturdy young man, from Turkish yigit, a word for a bold and gallant…
Yikai
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yikai
Yildiz
Turkish · Muslim
In Turkish and Ottoman poetry the star names the distant and beautiful beloved, and…
Yilmaz
Turkish · Muslim
Undaunted and unyielding, one who never surrenders in the face of difficulty
Yim-Fong
Chinese · Buddhist
Gorgeous fragrance, from Cantonese yim 'glamorous, alluring, resplendent' and fong…
Yimeng
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yimeng
Yindee
Thai · Buddhist
Welcome, glad-hearted
Yingtao
Chinese · Buddhist
Cherry
Yipei
Chinese · Buddhist
A cleansing rain-shower, from Mandarin yi 'one, single, unified' and pei 'a sudden,…
Yixiang
Chinese · Buddhist
Pan-Chinese Yixiang
Yıldız
Turkish · Muslim
Star - a living Turkish given name supported by modern Turkish lexical usage and…
Ylva
Swedish · Christian
She-wolf
Yo-han-Korean
Korean · Christian
Korean Hangul transliteration of the Hebrew Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן, 'YHWH is gracious'),…
Yo-seph
Korean · Christian
Korean Hangul transliteration of the Hebrew biblical name Yosef (יוֹסֵף, 'he will…
Yodha
Sanskrit · Hindu
Warrior
Yog
Sanskrit · Hindu
Union, yoking
Yogeshi
Sanskrit · Hindu
Mistress of yoga
Yogeshwari
Sanskrit · Hindu
Goddess of yoga
Yogini
Sanskrit · Hindu
Female yoga practitioner
Yohan
Korean · Christian
The Korean form of John
Yohanna
Persian · Christian
Persian feminine form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan, God is gracious
Yohannan
Malayalam · Christian
John (Malayalam-Syriac form)
Yohannankutty
Malayalam · Christian
Kerala Syrian Christian diminutive of Yohannan (John), formed with the Malayalam '-kutty'…
Yokhanan
Aramaic · Christian
Assyrian form of John, from Hebrew Yohanan, God is gracious
Yolotzin
Spanish · Christian
Beloved heart (Nahuatl)
Yonatan
Hebrew · Jewish
The LORD has given
Yonca
Turkish · Muslim
Clover
Yong-jin
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 용진
Yong-soo
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 용수
Yongqiang
Chinese · Buddhist
Forever strong
Yoo-jin
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 유진
Yoo-jung
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 유정
Yoo-ri
Korean · Christian
Sino-Korean compound 유리
Yoona
Korean · Buddhist
Tender and beautiful
Yosef
Hebrew · Jewish
Rachel named her son Yosef with a double prayer: that God had removed her reproach, and…
Yoshini
Sanskrit · Hindu
Young woman, the gracious
Yoshita
Sanskrit · Hindu
Young woman, the gracious
Frequently asked questions
How many names start with Y in NameRoot?
219 names in NameRoot's corpus begin with the letter Y, spanning multiple religious and cultural traditions.
Are names starting with Y considered lucky in any tradition?
In Vedic astrology, the starting syllable (akshara) is determined by the child's nakshatra at birth. NameRoot maps each name's starting akshara to its nakshatra so you can find names that align with your child's birth star.
Which name starting with Y is most popular?
Yaa (Akan origin) is among the most culturally significant, meaning "Thursday-born girl".