Baby Names That Start With Y
Only 30 baby names here begin with Y, ranking it 23 of 26 letters: 13 boy names, 17 girl names. Arabic and Hebrew are the commonest of the 11 origins on this letter. Yara, Yasmine and Yusuf are among the 3 that the US Social Security Administration currently ranks.
All Names Starting With Y
| Name | Gender | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| YaakovHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | Supplanter, heel-holder |
| YaelHebrew | Girl | Hebrew | Mountain goat, ibex |
| YahirHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | He will enlighten, he will shine |
| YahyaArabic | Boy | Arabic | He lives, John |
| YamilethArabic | Girl | Arabic | Beautiful |
| YaraPopularArabic | Girl | Arabic | Small butterfly |
| YareliNahuatl | Girl | Nahuatl | Water lily, beloved |
| YaseenArabic | Boy | Arabic | Chapter of the Quran |
| YasminPersian | Girl | Persian | Jasmine flower |
| YasminaPersian | Girl | Persian | Jasmine flower |
| YasminePopularPersian | Girl | Persian | Jasmine flower |
| YazanArabic | Boy | Arabic | Ancient Yemeni kingdom |
| YazminPersian | Girl | Persian | Jasmine flower |
| YehudaHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | Praised, thanksgiving |
| YelenaRussian | Girl | Russian | Shining light |
| YeseniaSpanish | Girl | Spanish | Flower, palm tree |
| YeshuaHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | The Lord is salvation |
| YisroelHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | He who wrestles with God |
| YitzchokHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | He will laugh |
| YolandaGreek | Girl | Greek | Violet flower |
| YosefHebrew | Boy | Hebrew | He will add |
| YoselinGerman | Girl | German | Member of the Gauts tribe |
| YousefArabic | Boy | Arabic | God will increase |
| YulianaLatin | Girl | Latin | Youthful, of Jupiter |
| YunaJapanese | Girl | Japanese | Gentle, kindness |
| YuriRussian | Boy | Russian | Farmer, earthworker |
| YusraArabic | Girl | Arabic | Ease, prosperity |
| YusufPopularArabic | Boy | Arabic | God increases, God will add |
| YvetteFrench | Girl | French | Yew tree |
| YvonneFrench | Girl | French | Yew tree |
Y-names carry the sounds of the Middle East, South Asia, and beyond. Yasmine perfumes the air with Persian garden beauty, Yusuf continues the story of a prophet beloved across Islam and Judaism, and Yara flutters between Brazilian and Arabic meanings of butterfly and small friend. Y-names offer parents a bridge to rich cultural traditions often underrepresented in Western naming charts.
Boy Names Starting With Y
Prophetic Yusuf, precious Yahir, and cosmonaut Yuri — boy names bridging Arabic, Nahuatl, and Russian traditions.
Girl Names Starting With Y
Persian Yasmine, butterfly Yara, and archer Yvette — girl names from Middle Eastern gardens to French countryside.
Baby names starting with Y: FAQ
How many baby names start with Y?
30 in this collection: 13 boy names, 17 girl names. That is what this catalogue holds today rather than every name in use anywhere — entries are added over time, and the figures on this page are counted from the dataset, so they move with it.
What are popular boy names starting with Y?
13 boy names here begin with Y, among them Yusuf. Popularity is name by name rather than by letter, so each entry links to its own page with the US rank and the number of births in the latest year the Social Security Administration published.
What are popular girl names starting with Y?
17 girl names here begin with Y, among them Yara, Yasmine. As with the boy names, the ranking belongs to the individual name and not to the letter it starts with.
Are there unisex names that start with Y?
Not in this collection. All 30 names beginning with Y are recorded as either boy names or girl names; a name counts as unisex here only when both appear in the US data.