148 Boy Names That Start With Y (with Meanings and Popularity)

  1. Yanai
    • Origin:

      Aramaic
    • Meaning:

      "he will answer"
  2. Yosef
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God shall add"
  3. Yannik
    • Origin:

      Extension of Jann or Yann
    • Meaning:

      "God is gracious"
  4. Yitzchok
    • Origin:

      Yiddish variation of Yitzhak, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "laughter"
  5. Yair
    • Origin:

      Hebrew variation of Jair: "he shines"
    • Meaning:

      "he shines"
  6. Yiorgos
    • Origin:

      Variation of George, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "farmer"
  7. Yonah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew variation of Jonah
    • Meaning:

      "dove"
  8. Yaroslav
    • Origin:

      Russian
    • Meaning:

      "fierce and glorious"
  9. Yahya
    • Origin:

      Arabic, Turkish, and Persian form of Yochanan
    • Meaning:

      "God is Gracious"
  10. Yasuke
    • Origin:

      Japanese, meaning unknown
  11. Yale
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "fertile upland"
  12. Yaakov
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "supplanting"
  13. Yuval
    • Origin:

      Hebrew variation of Jubal, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "stream"
  14. Yehonatan
    • Origin:

      Variation of Jonathan, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "gift of Jehovah"
  15. Yann
    • Origin:

      French/Breton variation of John
    • Meaning:

      "God is gracious"
  16. Yaw
    • Origin:

      Ghanaian, Akan, Twi
    • Meaning:

      "Born on a Thursday"
  17. Yochanan
    • Origin:

      Form of Yehochanan or John, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God is gracious"
  18. Yannis
    • Origin:

      Greek variation of John
  19. Yvain
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "youth or well-born"
  20. Yeats
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "the gates"