Dog Names That Start With Y

Yelena

Russian form of Helen

Yella

German feminine given name, recorded as rare

Yello

Yellu

A nickname for Jesús Santiago Pérez, a Spanish footballer

Yelo

Yelpy

English adjective formed from yelp and -y, prone to yelp

Yelta

Yemmi

Yeni

Azerbaijani word for "new", from Proto-Turkic *yaŋï

Yenja

Yenn

Recorded as a feminine given name in Chinese

Yenna

A variant of the name 'Jenna', often associated with 'white shadow' or 'fairy queen'.

Yenni

A form of the name Jennifer, meaning 'white phantom' or 'fair one'

Yenny

Spanish variant of jenny

Yenor

Yento

Yeo

A Chinese, English, and Korean surname

Yeori

Yerna

Yero

Yerri

Yerro

A surname

Yesko

Yessa

Yesse

Yessi

A feminine given name recorded in Spanish.

Yessie

A user-submitted entry records it as a given name in Hebrew for both females and males

Yessy

Yeti

A large, hairy, mythical humanoid creature said to inhabit the Himalayas

Yeto

Yetty

Recorded as a feminine given name in Nigerian usage

Yeva

Russian, Ukrainian and Armenian form of Eve

Yillo

Yimbo

Yimmy

Yin

A concept of duality in Chinese philosophy.

Ying

From Chinese characters including 英 (flower, petal, brave, hero), 颖 (clever) and 影 (image, shadow)

Yinka

Yoruba unisex name, a contraction of Yímiká, meaning "surround(s) me"

Yino

Yip

Yipper

Yippie

Yipsi

Yipsy

Yira

Yitty

Recorded as a feminine given name in Yiddish

Ylla

A pen name of the Hungarian photographer Camilla Koffler

Ylona

A given name of the Filipino-Australian singer Ylona Garcia

Ylva

Means "she-wolf", from Old Norse ulfr "wolf"

Yoanna

A feminine given name recorded in Bulgarian

Yobo

A term of endearment in Korean, meaning 'beloved' or 'dear'

Yoca

Yocky

Yoda

A name devised for its sound, with no meaning, for a Star Wars character

Yodel

Yodella

Yodie

Yody

Yoey

Yofi

A name recorded for a Chow Chow dog owned by Sigmund Freud

Yog

Yogi

Sanskrit-derived term for a practitioner of yoga

Yogie

A short form of the Indian name Yogesh

Yogo

Yogy

Yohan

French form of Johann

Yoker

Anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Eochair, "river bank"

Yoki

A name of Japanese origin that means 'good fortune' or 'good luck'

Yoko

Alternate transcription of Japanese Yōko, written 陽子 or 洋子

Yolana

No documented meaning in the sources checked

Yolei

Recorded as a feminine given name in popular culture

Yoli

Recorded as a given name in Spanish, used for women; no meaning documented

Yolie

Yolla

A Tasmanian Aboriginal word for the short-tailed shearwater

Yolle

Yolli

Yollo

Yolly

No documented meaning; recorded as a feminine given name in Haitian Creole

Yoly

A feminine given name recorded in Spanish

Yon

A Hebrew word meaning 'dove'

Yona

Hebrew form of Jonah; a unisex name in modern Hebrew.

Yonas

Hebrew for 'dove', symbolizing peace.

Yone

Recorded as a given name in Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Guanche and Basque

Yonka

Bulgarian feminine given name recorded in user-submitted entries

Yonna

Yonni

Yonnie

A nickname or given name; no etymology is recorded

Yonny

Yony

A given name recorded in Spanish, masculine

Yoola

Yoopy

Yora

Hebrew form of Jorah

Yordi

Catalan, a form of George, from the Greek 'georgos' — a farmer.

Yorg

Yorika

A feminine Japanese given name

Yorka

Sranan Tongo word for an evil spirit, from Kari'na ijoròkan

Yorko

Yorky

A small dog breed from Yorkshire, known for its playful and affectionate nature

Yoro

A city in Honduras, the capital of the Yoro Department

Yorry