Yiddish Names that Start With Y

  1. Yeshua
    • Origin:

      Variation of Joshua, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "the Lord is my salvation"
    • Description:

      Yeshua is often considered the "real" name of Jesus, via the Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English evolution of Yeshua to Iesous to Iesus to Jesus. It is also used as a common alternative of Yehoshua in the later parts of the Hebrew Bible, making it a variation of Joshuah.
  2. Yetta
    • Origin:

      Yiddish
    • Meaning:

      "light"
    • Description:

      Too close to yenta.
  3. Yosel
    • Yidel
      • Yudel
        • Yossel
          • Yossil
            • Yankel
              • Yutke
                • Yehudit
                  • Origin:

                    Hebrew variation of Judith
                  • Description:

                    Stuck in the Old Country.
                • Yehudah
                  • Origin:

                    Variation of Judith, Hebrew
                  • Meaning:

                    "woman from Judea"
                  • Description:

                    Yehudah is the Old World variation of Judith, used mostly for boys.