Yakovlev

Usage: Russian

Means "son of Yakov".

Yamada

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

From yama meaning "mountain" and ta meaning "rice field" (t changes to d after a vowel).

Yamaguchi

Usage: Japanese

From a very common place name meaning "mountain entrance", from yama "mountain", and guchi "mouth". Olympic figure-skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi bears this last name.

Yamamoto

Usage: Japanese Extra: Statistics

Means "base of the mountain" from yama, meaning "mountain", and moto, meaning "base, origin".

Yamauchi

Usage: Japanese

A place name meaning "within the mountains".

Yanev

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Yane", Yane being a pet form of Yan.

Yankov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Yanko".

Yap

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap, meaning "devious, deceitful, bent, shrewd".

Yates

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate". Or denotes a person hailing from Yate (Gloucestershire), England.

Ybarra

Usage: Spanish, Basque

A variant of Ibarra.

Yedlicka

Usage: Czech

Variant of Jedlicka.

Yedlička

Usage: Czech

Variant of Jedlicka.

Yi

Usage: Korean Extra: Statistics

Variant of Lee (3).

Yilmaz

Usage: Turkish

Means "dauntless" in Turkish.

Yong

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Young.

Yonker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Americanized form of Jonker.

Yonkers

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Americanized spelling of Jonkers.

Yordanov

Usage: Bulgarian

Means "son of Yordan".

York

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

From the name of the English city, which probably was derived from a British word meaning "yew tree".

Young

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old English word geong, which means "young". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Younge

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Young.

Yount

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

French altered form of Janz or Jund.

Yoxall

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "from Yoxhall (Staffordshire), England". Yoxhall itself is derived from the Old English word geoc meaning "yolk (of oxen)" and halh meaning "nook, recess".

Yu (1)

Usage: Chinese

俞 derives from Yu "to heal", after a famous doctor from the 26th century BC.

Yu (2)

Usage: Chinese

虞 derives from a Chinese place name called Yu, one located in Henan province and the other in Shanxi province.

Yu (3)

Usage: Chinese, Korean

The largest Yu clan, the Munhwa Yu, was founded by Ch’a Tal. One of Ch’a's ancestors had attempted to overthrow the Shilla king. To avoid prosecution, the ancestor fled to Munhwa and changed his surname to Yu. 余 derives from the name of a high counselor called You Yu. 于 derives from Wu Wang, the first king (1122-1116 BC) of the Zhou dynasty.

Yukimura

Usage: Japanese

Means "snowy village," from yuki "snow" and mura "village".