Baby Girl Names Starting With Ywith meanings and origins

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Girl Names Starting With Y

Start with these 10 girl names beginning with Y, with short notes on meaning and origin:

1. Yara

Meaning:
Water lady; small butterfly
Origin:
Arabic, Persian, Kurdish

2. Yasmin

Meaning:
Jasmine flower
Origin:
Persian, Arabic

3. Yael

Meaning:
Mountain goat; to ascend
Origin:
Hebrew

4. Yvonne

Meaning:
Yew wood; archer’s bow
Origin:
French, English

5. Yolanda

Meaning:
Violet flower
Origin:
Greek, Spanish

6. Yvette

Meaning:
Archer; yew wood
Origin:
French

7. Yuki

Meaning:
Snow; happiness
Origin:
Japanese

8. Yamileth

Meaning:
Beautiful; kind
Origin:
Spanish

9. Yadira

Meaning:
Worthy; dear; beloved friend
Origin:
Arabic, Hebrew

10. Yardley

Meaning:
From the enclosed garden
Origin:
English

Girl names starting with Y in the US top 1,000

Every name here made the Social Security Administration's official top 1,000 for babies born in the US in 2025, ordered by how many were named it.

US rank	Name	Babies named
507	Yara	585
672	Yaretzi	422
794	Yareli	343
952	Yuna	271
959	Yasmin	269