Girls' Names
Name (Pronunciation) | Origin | Meaning |
Yaa | African | Born on Thursday |
Yachna
(also Yachne) |
Hebrew | She establishes |
Yadira | Hebrew | Friend |
Yael | Hebrew (from Jael) | Female goat |
Yaffa | Hebrew (from Jaffe) | Beautiful |
Yakira | Hebrew | Precious |
Yalena | Russian (from Helen) | Torch |
Yaletha | American (from Oletha) | Nimble |
Yamka | Hopi | Blossom |
Yanaba | Navajo | Brave |
Yang | Chinese | Sun |
Yardena | Hebrew (from Jordan) | Flowing down |
Yarkona | Hebrew | Green |
Yaromira | Russian (from Jaromir) | Great spring |
Yasmine
(also Yashmine, Yasmin, Yasmina, Yazmin) |
English (from Jasmine) | Fragrant flower |
Yasu | Japanese | Calm |
Yazmin | see Yasmine | |
Yehudit
(also Yidel) |
Hebrew (from Judith) | Praised |
Yei | Japanese | Flourishing |
Yejide | African | She looks like her mother |
Yelena | Russian (from Elena) | Light |
Yelizaveta | Russian (from Elizaveta) | Oath of God |
Yentl
(also Yente) |
Yiddish | Kind |
Yesenia
(also Yessenia) |
Spanish (from Jessenia) | Flower |
Yeva | Armenian (from Eve) | To give life |
Yevgeniya | Russian (from Eugenia) | Well born |
Yidel | Yiddish | see Yehudit |
Yildiz | Turkish | Star |
Yin | Chinese | Silver |
Yoko | Japanese | Sun child |
Yolanda
(also Yolande, Yolonda) |
French | Violet |
Young
(also Yong) |
Korean | Forever |
Yvette | French | God is merciful |
Yvonne | French | Young archer |
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