Dog Names That Start With Y

261 names in this category, each with its meaning and background. See all name start with categories.

Yabba

Nickname of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, an Australian sports fan

Yabu

Yacco

Yackie

Yackson

Yaco

Recorded as a masculine given name in Latin American Spanish

Yade

Recorded as a feminine given name in Turkish

Yadiel

Possibly a variant of Jediael, or an invented name using the ending iel

Yadira

Meaning unknown; a possible derivation from an Arabic name

Yael

Hebrew form of Jael.

Yafar

Yagow

Yahara

Yahto

Yaima

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Yaiza

From the name of a town in the Canary Islands, Spain

Yaka

Yakari

A name of Native American origin meaning 'he who knows' or 'he who is wise'

Yaki

From Japanese 焼 (yaki), meaning grilled, broiled, or pan-fried

Yakima

A native tribe in Washington state, meaning 'the place flowing with water'

Yakira

Means "precious" in Hebrew

Yakko

Yako

Recorded as a feminine given name in Japanese

Yaku

User-submitted: recorded as a given name in Japanese, masculine and feminine

Yaky

Yala

Recorded as a given name in Muslim and Aymara use

Yalco

Yalda

Persian feminine given name; also the Persian name for the winter solstice festival

Yalka

Yalko

Yam

Cantonese romanisation of the Chinese surname 任 (Rén)

Yamara

Yamato

From Yamato, an ancient name for Japan; the kanji are 大 "great" and 和 "harmony"

Yamba

A term used in some Indigenous Australian languages meaning 'to talk' or 'to speak'

Yamira

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Yammi

Yamo

Yancy

From a surname, an Americanized form of Dutch Jansen, meaning "Jan's son"

Yandra

A name of Indo-European origin meaning 'defender' or 'protector'.

Yane

Bulgarian (Яне) and Macedonian (Јане) given name; Northern Kurdish word for "house"

Yani

A given name and surname, written Яни in Bulgarian

Yanko

Diminutive of Yoan; in English an Americanized spelling of Janko

Yanky

Yann

Breton form of John

Yanni

A stage name of the Greek composer and pianist Yiannis Chryssomallis

Yannic

Diminutive of Yann or Yanna 2

Yannik

German male given name; also recorded as French, masculine

Yannis

Alternate transcription of Greek Γιάννης, a form of Giannis

Yanos

A variant of the name John, meaning 'God is gracious'

Yapo

Yapper

Yappers

Yappy

Yara

Persian یار (yār), "friend, helper"; also a variant of Iara

Yarden

Hebrew form of jordan

Yareli

Elaboration of Yara, with the variant Yarelis

Yarelle

Yaretzi

Possibly a variant of Yaritza

Yargo

Yari

Japanese for "spear", a straight-headed spear

Yarka

Recorded as a masculine given name in Kalmyk

Yarko

Ukrainian diminutive of the given name Yaroslav

Yarno

A variant of the name 'Yarn'.

Yaro

A given name recorded in Russian

Yaron

Hebrew, meaning "he will sing, he will shout" or "will be full of joy"

Yarro

Yarrow

A flowering plant known for its healing properties.

Yarwa

Yas

An affirmative in English

Yasa

The sixth bhikkhu in the Buddha's sangha

Yasar

Turkish form of Yasir

Yasemina

Yasha

A Russian diminutive of Yakov (Jacob); also read in Hebrew as 'to save'.

Yasir

Arabic name meaning "easy, wealthy", from the root yasira, "to be easy, to be rich"

Yaska

The name of an ancient Indian grammarian and Vedic linguist

Yaski

Yaskia

Yasko

A form of the name Yasek, meaning 'God will add'.

Yasmin

A flowering plant known for its fragrant blooms.

Yasmina

Variant of Yasmin, a feminine given name of Persian origin

Yason

No documented meaning; recorded as a masculine given name in Russian

Yassa

Recorded as a feminine given name in Afro-American (Slavery-era) use

Yassi

Yassie

Yasu

From Japanese 安 "peace, quiet", 康 "peaceful" or 坦 "flat, smooth, level"

Yata

Recorded as a masculine given name in African usage

Yavis

Yaz

Azerbaijani yaz, from Proto-Turkic *yāŕ; recorded as a given name in Turkish

Yazz

A stage name of the British pop singer born Yasmin Evans

Yeager

American surname from German Jäger, meaning "hunter"

Yecko

Yeda

Recorded as a given name in Brazilian Portuguese, feminine

Yedi

Yedo

A romanization of Edo, the former name of Tokyo

Yee

A surname, Chinese 叶 (traditional 葉), also written Yeh, Yip, Ip, Yap or Yapp