Names that Begin with Y

• Yelyzaveta

  Ukrainian form of Elizabeth.

• Yemelyan

  Russian form of Aemilianus (see Emiliano).

• Yemima

  Hebrew form of Jemima.

• Yen

  Yen originates in Vietnamese language and it means "woman of peace".

• Yên

  Means "peaceful" from Sino-Vietnamese.

• Yente

  Possibly a variant of Yentl.

• Yentl

  Yiddish form of the French nickname Gentille, meaning "noble, aristocratic".

• Yeong

  Means "brave" from Sino-Korean.

• Yered

  Hebrew form of Jared.

• Yeriel

  Yeriel is a Hebrew name and means "established by God".

• Yeriyahu

  Hebrew form of Jeriah.

• Yermolai

  Russian form of Hermolaos.

• Yerushah

  Hebrew form of Jerusha.

• Yesenia

  From Jessenia, the genus name of a type of tree found in South America.

• Yesfir

  Russian form of Esther.

• Yesha'yahu

  Hebrew form of Isaiah.

• Yeshua

  Contracted form of Yehoshu'a (see Joshua) used in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Old Testament.

• Yesim

  Means "jade" in Turkish.

• Yessenia

  Variant of Yesenia.

• Yessica

  Spanish form of Jessica.

• Yeter

  Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

• Yetta

  Yetta is a diminutive of the name Henrietta.

• Yeva

  Russian and Armenian form of Eve.

• Yevdokiya

  Russian form of Eudocia.

• Yevgeni

  Variant transcription of Yevgeniy.

• Yevgeniy

  Russian form of Eugene.

• Yevgeniya

  Russian form of Eugenia.

• Yevgeny

  Variant transcription of Yevgeniy.

• Yevheniy

  Ukrainian form of Eugene.

• Yevpraksiya

  Russian form of the Greek name Ευπραξια (Eupraxia) , which was derived from Greek ευ "good" and πραξις (praxis) "action, exercise".