Girl Cat Names That Start With Y

  1. Yara
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "friend, helper"
    • Description:

      The multicultural Yara is also the name of a beautiful green-skinned Brazilian goddess and might make a more unusual spin on Mara or Sara.
  2. Yuna
    • Origin:

      Japanese, Breton, Korean, Chinese
    • Description:

      An attractive, widely appealing, multicultural option. KPOP singer Yuna may be attracting some attention to her name.
  3. Yuki
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "snow"
    • Description:

      An appealing Asian name with a nickname feel.
  4. Yoko
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "good girl; ocean child"
    • Description:

      There are many in Japan, but for most Americans there's only one Yoko.
  5. Ylva
    • Origin:

      Feminine variation of Ulf, Scandinavian
    • Meaning:

      "wolf"
    • Description:

      Ylva may look like it belongs with the Eva family of names, but it actually derives from Ulf, a name meaning "wolf." It's not a very intuitive name to English-speakers, and likely won't get picked up in the US anytime soon. At last count, it was only given to five American baby girls.
  6. Yuzu
    • Yusra
      • Origin:

        Arabic
      • Meaning:

        "prosperous, ease"
      • Description:

        Strong and simple Arabic name popular in the UK.
    • Ylfa
      • Origin:

        Icelandic variation of Ylva, Scandinavian
      • Meaning:

        "wolf"
      • Description:

        One of the top Icelandic girl names. It's very pretty — if you know how to pronounce it.