29 Boy Names with Meanings
Baby Boy Names Starting With Y
Y is a focused letter for boy names, featuring 29 distinct choices alongside 21 girls'. With a curated collection, you can easily explore every option and its meaning from start to finish.
All 29 Boy Names Starting With Y
29 names
- Boy
- YafeyTall, high rank, elevated youth
- YahyaHe will live
- YameenBlessed, auspicious, right hand, oath of loyalty
- YaminRight-hand side, prosperous, blessed
- YanisAlternate transcription of Greek Γιάνης (see Gianis )
- YaqoubSupplanter
- YaqubArabic form of Jacob; the prophet and father of Prophet Yusuf
- YaqzanVigilant, awake, watchful, and alert guardian; famously featured in Ibn Tufail's classical Arabic masterpiece Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
- YashFame, Glory
- YashaswiFamous, Glorious, Successful, Celebrated
- YashilSuccess, wealthy, popular; one who achieves fame
- YashvardhanOne who increases fame and glory
- YashvinPossessor of fame and glory; winner of renown
- YasinNames of Prophet Muhammad
- YasirWealthy, Easy
- YatharthTruth and reality; exactly as it is
- YawarHelper, defender, patron, loyal friend
- YazdanMerciful, kind, or divine
- YeshuaGod Is Salvation, Savior
- YounisDove
- YoushaArabic form of Joshua ('God is salvation'); Yusha ibn Nun, successor of Prophet Musa
- YugEra, Age
- YugvardhanOne who enhances the era; contributor to the age
- YunusArabic form of Jonah, meaning dove; the prophet swallowed by the great fish
- YusufGod increases
- YuvanYouthful, young, strong; one with vibrant energy
- YuvanshYoung generation, part of youth
- YuvinYouth, vitality, one who is strong and youthful
- YuvrajPrince
Where These Boy Names Come From
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