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YAKOVLEV     Russian
Means "son of YAKOV".
YAMADA     Japanese
From yama meaning "mountain" and ta meaning "rice field" (t changes to d after a vowel).
YAMAGUCHI     Japanese
From a very common place name meaning "mountain entrance", from yama "mountain", and guchi "mouth"... [more]
YAMAMOTO     Japanese
Means "base of the mountain" from yama, meaning "mountain", and moto, meaning "base, origin".
YAMAUCHI     Japanese
Place name meaning "within the mountains".
YANCY     Dutch
Americanized form of JANSEN
YANEV     Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", Yane being a diminutive of YAN.
YANKOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of YANKO".
YAP     English
From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap, meaning "devious, deceitful, bent, shrewd".
YATES     English, Welsh
Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate"... [more]
YBARRA     Spanish, Basque
Variant of IBARRA
YEDLIČKA     Czech
Variant of JEDLICKA
YEDLICKA     Czech
Variant of JEDLICKA
YI     Korean
Variant of LEE (2)
YILMAZ     Turkish
Means "dauntless" in Turkish.
YONG     English
Variant of YOUNG
YONKER     Dutch
Americanized form of JONKER.
YONKERS     Dutch
Americanized spelling of JONKERS.
YORDANOV     Bulgarian
Means "son of YORDAN".
YORK     English
From the name of the English city, which probably was derived from a Brythonic word meaning "yew tree".
YOSHIDA     Japanese
From 吉田 "lucky rice field" or 芳田 "fragrant rice field".
YOUNG     English
Derived from the Old English word geong, which means "young"... [more]
YOUNGE     English
Variant of YOUNG
YOUNT     French
French altered form of JANZ or JUND.
YOXALL     English
Means "from Yoxhall (Staffordshire), England"... [more]
YU (1)     Chinese
Derives from "to heal", after a famous doctor from the 26th century BC.
YU (2)     Chinese
Derives from a Chinese place name called , one located in Henan province and the other in Shanxi province.
YU (3)     Chinese, Korean
The largest Yu clan, the Munhwa Yu, was founded by Ch'a Tal... [more]
YUEN     Chinese
Cantonese form of RUAN
YUKIMURA     Japanese
Means "snowy village", from yuki "snow" and mura "village".

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