Girl Cat Names That Start With Y

  1. Yara
    • Origin:

      Arabic, Persian, Brazilian, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "friend, helper; strength; water nymph; honeycomb"
    • Description:

      The multicultural Yara is a sweet but substantial choice that could make a more unusual take on Sara and also work in multiple languages Popular in Portugal, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, familiar in the UK and France, it entered the US Top 1000 in 2017 and has been climbing the charts ever since.
  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. 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.
  7. Yusra
    • Origin:

      Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "prosperous, ease"
    • Description:

      Strong and simple Arabic name popular in the UK.
  8. Yuzu