398 Girl Names That Start With Y (With Meanings and Popularity)
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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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The names
Yuna
Japanese, Breton, Korean, Chinese, Dutch
"superiority, gentleness, or citrus fruit; lamb; willow, abundant, child, happy + to reach, to hold; jade + elegant, beautiful; June"
Yara
Arabic, Persian, Brazilian, Hebrew
"friend, helper; strength; water nymph; honeycomb"
Yvonne
French
"yew wood"
Yvaine
Female variation of Yvain or Scottish
"evening star"
Yasmin
Persian
"jasmine flower"
Yvette
French, feminine of Yves
"yew tree"
Yuli
Yolanda
Spanish from Greek
"violet flower"
Yuki
Japanese
"snow; happiness"
Yaretzi
Nahuatl, Aztec
"you will always be loved"
Ysella
Cornish
"modest"
Yareli
Native American, Spanish variation of Yara, Arabic
"water lady; small butterfly"
Ylva
Feminine variation of Ulf, Scandinavian
"wolf"
Yael
Hebrew
"ibex"
Yari
Spanish, Hebrew
"gold"
Yana
Slavic variation of Jana, feminine variation of John
"God is gracious"
Yuni
Yasmine
Arabic variation of Jasmine
"jasmine flower"
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Yelena
Russian variation of Helen
"bright, shining one"