381 Girl Names That Start With Y (With Meanings and Popularity)

381 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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  1. Yvaine
    • Origin:

      Female variation of Yvain or Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "evening star"
  2. Yuna
    • Origin:

      Japanese, Breton, Korean, Chinese, Dutch
    • Meaning:

      "superiority, gentleness, citrus fruit; lamb; willow, abundant, child, happy + to reach, to hold; jade + elegant, beautiful; June"
  3. Yara
    • Origin:

      Arabic, Persian, Brazilian, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "friend, helper; strength; water nymph; honeycomb"
  4. Yvonne
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "yew wood"
  5. Yael
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "ibex"
  6. Yvette
    • Origin:

      French, feminine of Yves
    • Meaning:

      "yew tree"
  7. Yaretzi
    • Origin:

      Nahuatl, Aztec
    • Meaning:

      "you will always be loved"
  8. Yasmin
    • Origin:

      Persian
    • Meaning:

      "jasmine flower"
  9. Yari
    • Origin:

      Spanish, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "gold"
  10. Yasmine
    • Origin:

      Arabic variation of Jasmine
    • Meaning:

      "jasmine flower"
  11. Yelitza
    • Origin:

      Spanish, South American
  12. Yesenia
    • Origin:

      Spanish, Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "palm tree; flower"
  13. Yolanda
    • Origin:

      Spanish from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "violet flower"
  14. Yarrow
    • Origin:

      Botanical name, English
    • Meaning:

      "rough stream"
  15. Yareli
    • Origin:

      Native American, Spanish variation of Yara, Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "water lady; small butterfly"
  16. Yuri
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "lily"
  17. Yuki
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "snow"
  18. Yuyu
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "gentle friend; dream friend"
  19. Yamileth
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "beautiful"
  20. Yinuo
    • Origin:

      Chinese
    • Meaning:

      "Promise"