740 Baby Names That Start With Y (With Meanings and Popularity) - Page 17

Yemoja

Yenesis

Yennefer

Yentl

Yenty

Yerachmiel

Yeranos

Yeray

Yeremia

Yeremiya

Yeremy

Yerenuyah

Yerick

Yeriel

Yerik

Yermolai

Yesenia

Yeshaya

Yeshna

Baby names that start with Y are beautiful but uncommon, with only ten ranking in the US Top 1000. The most common Y name for girls is Yara, a multicultural names with origins in Arabic, Portuguese, and Persian, among others. For boys, the Arabic name Yusuf tops the list — this and spelling variation Yousef rank considerably higher in England than in the US.

girl names beginning with Y in the US Top 1000 

include Yaretzi, Yareli, and Yamileth. In addition to Yusuf, other 

boy names starting with Y in the US Top 1000

 include Yosef, Yahya, Yehuda, Yahir, Yousef, and Yael.

Y names are heating up for boys in the US, driven primarily by Yiddish and Hebrew names like Yehuda, Yisroel, Yitzchok, Yaakov, and Yeshua.

 include prepster names Yardley, Yale, Yeats, and York. Among the international options that begin with the letter Y we recommend are the Russian Yasha, Japanese Yoko, Arabic Yasir, and Israeli Yonit and Yarden, the original name from which Jordan derived.

Here, our full selection of names that start with Y, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry. 

Baby names for boys and girls that start with the letter Y, including origin, meaning, and popularity. Top Y names include Yaretzi and Yusuf and trending baby names beginning with A include Yael and Yara. (Page 17)