Cat Names That Start With Y

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.

An attractive, widely appealing, multicultural option. KPOP singer Yuna may be attracting some attention to her name.

A classic Japanese name known to kids around the world as a Nintendo video-game character.

An appealing Asian name with a nickname feel.

Brisk, preppy York is an underused classic with the potential to really shine in the 21st century. It's most familiar as a place name — York is a city in England — and surname. New York City and State were named after the Duke of York.

Seen as both a first name and surname in Turkey.

An appealing Japanese name with a nickname feel.

There are many in Japan, but for most Americans there's only one Yoko.

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.

A possible Christmas name for a baby boy, if you find Noel too mundane. But we fear it doesn't sound very festive.

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

Strong and simple Arabic name popular in the UK.