396 Girl Names That Start With Y (With Meanings and Popularity)
Girl names that start with Y include a few familiar choices, such as Yvette and Yvonne, Yasmin and Yasmina, Yael and Yolanda. However, Y remains a very rare first initial for girl names today, with only Yara, Yaretzi, and Yareli currently ranking in the US Top 1000.
Along with Yara and Yael, other uncommon and unique Y-starting girl names we recommend include the mythical Yseult, the literary Yvaine, and the smart surname name Yardley.
Girls' names beginning with Y also include several international forms of names that are more commonly spelled with an I or J in English, such as the Spanish variants Ynez and Ysabel, or the popular Russian name Yuliya, which ranks in the Top 50 girl names in Russia.
Here, our full selection of girl names that start with Y, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Yara
Origin:
Arabic, Persian, Brazilian, HebrewMeaning:
"friend, helper; strength; water nymph; honeycomb"
- Yuna
Origin:
Japanese, Breton, Korean, Chinese, DutchMeaning:
"superiority, gentleness, or citrus fruit; lamb; willow, abundant, child, happy + to reach, to hold; jade + elegant, beautiful; June"
- Yvette
Origin:
French, feminine of YvesMeaning:
"yew tree"
- Yvaine
Origin:
Female variation of Yvain or ScottishMeaning:
"evening star"
- Yvonne
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"yew wood"
- Yana
Origin:
Slavic variation of Jana, feminine variation of JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Yolanda
Origin:
Spanish from GreekMeaning:
"violet flower"
- Yareli
Origin:
Native American, Spanish variation of Yara, ArabicMeaning:
"water lady; small butterfly"
- Yasmine
Origin:
Arabic variation of JasmineMeaning:
"jasmine flower"
- Yuli
- Ysella
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"modest"
- Yuni
- Yulissa
- Yuki
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"snow; happiness"
- Yuyu
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"gentle friend; dream friend"
- Ynez
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"pure, virginal"
- Yseult
Origin:
French variation of Iseult, CelticMeaning:
"fair, light-skinned"
- Yor
Origin:
Japanese, Spanish, GreekMeaning:
"violet flower"
- Yue
- Ylva
Origin:
Feminine variation of Ulf, ScandinavianMeaning:
"wolf"
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