YAKOV (m) Hebrew and Russian form of JACOB

YAN (m) French form of JOHN

YANN (m) Breton form of JOHN

YANNIC (m) Pet form of YANN

YANNIS (m) Greek form of JOHN

YASIR (m) "to be rich" or "to be easy" from Arabic yasira "to make easy".

YASMINE (f) Persian form of JASMINE

YASU (f) "calm" (Japanese)

YENTE (f) Form of YENTL or "gossip" (Yiddish)

YENTL (m, f) Yiddish; from the French nickname Gentille, meaning "kind".

YEVGENIYA (f) Russian feminine form of EUGENE

YIN (f) "silver" (Chinese)

YITZHAK (m) Ancient and modern Hebrew form of ISAAC.

YOLANDA (f) Possibly "violet flower" from Greek ion "violet" and anthos "flower".

YOSHI (f) "better" or "best" (Japanese)

YOUNG (m) "forever" or "prosperity" (Korean)

YOUSSEF (m) Arabic form of JOSEPH

YSEULT (f) French form of ISOLDE

YU (f) "jade" (Chinese)

YUMI (f) Japanese; Composed of the elements yu "a bow" and mi "beautiful".

YURI (m) Russian form of GEORGE.

YUVAL (m) Form of JUBAL

YVES (m) "yew" (Teutonic).

YVETTE (f) French feminine form of YVES

YVONNE (f) Feminine form of YVES

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