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Yano JapaneseFrom Japanese 矢
(ya) meaning "arrow" and 野
(no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Yanong FilipinoYanong in Tagalog can mean "that kind" or "that sort".It can also be a regional name from local dialects and cultures.
Yanqi ChineseYanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.
Yanson FilipinoFrom Hokkien 燕孫
(iàn-sun), derived from 燕
(iàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" and 孫
(sun) meaning "grandchild".
Yao ChineseFrom Chinese 姚
(yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".
Yaoyorozu Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 百 (o) meaning "one hundred", and 万 (yorozu) meaning "ten thousand"
Yapp English (British)Derives from Old English
ġēap meaning "crooked, bent" and could either refer to a cunning person or someone with crooked features (e.g. curved nose). Famous bearers of this name include English botanist Richard Henry Yapp and Sir Stanley Graham Yapp, Labour politician and first leader of West Midlands County Council.
Yarbrough EnglishHabitational name derived from
Yarborough or
Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, England, both composed of Old English
eorþe "earth, ground, dirt" and
burg "fortress, citadel, stronghold".
Yardley EnglishHabitational name for someone from any of the various locations in England named Yardley, derived from Old English
gierd meaning "branch, twig, pole, stick" and
leah meaning "wood, clearing".
Yardy EnglishThe most likely origin of this surname is that it was used to denote someone who held a piece of land known as a "yarde", from the Middle English word "yerd".
Yari JapaneseFrom the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Yarmolenko UkrainianRegional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.
Yarwood Englishhabitational name from Yarwood Heath in Rostherne Cheshire earlier Yarwode. The placename derives from Old English
earn "eagle" or
gear "yair enclosure for catching fish" and
wudu "wood".
Yashin RussianMeans "son of
Yasha". This surname was borne by the Soviet soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1929-1990).
Yasohachi Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 八十八 (
yasohachi), the characters broken down from a single character 米 (
kome) meaning "rice".
Yasue JapaneseFrom Japanese 安
(yasu) meaning "inexpensive, rested, peace, quiet" and 江
(e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Yasuhiko JapaneseYasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".
Yasuhiro JapaneseFrom Japanese 安 (
yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (
hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other Kanji combinations are possible.
Yasui JapaneseFrom Japanese 安 (
yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (
i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Yasumatsu JapaneseYasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".
Yasumi JapaneseYasu meaning 安 (
yasu) meaning "rest, peace, cheap, relax" and 己 (
mi) meaning "oneself".
Yasura Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 安良 (
Yasura) meaning "Yasura", a former village in the former district of Izushi in the former Japanese province of Tajima in parts of present-day Hyōgo, Japan.
Yasutomi JapaneseYasu means "relax, cheap, peace" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".
Yatabe JapaneseFrom 谷 (
ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (
ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (
ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (
be) meaning "section, bureau, division".
Yatsuka JapaneseFrom Japanese 八
(ya) meaning "eight" and 束
(tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".
Yavari PersianDerived from Persian یاور
(yavar) meaning "assistant, supporter".
Yaw Irish, English, ChineseIrish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of
Qiu.
Yaxley EnglishMeant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").
Yayla TurkishMeans "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.
Yaylacıoğlu TurkishMeans "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish
yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".
Yazdi PersianIndicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran
Yeardley EnglishMeans "enclosed meadow" in Old English, from Old English
g(e)ard (“fence, enclosure”) +
lēah (“woodland, clearing”).
Yefimovich RussianGrigori Yefimovich who is best known as "Rasputin" was a Russian peasant, mystic and private adviser to the Romanovs (Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra in the early 20th century).
Yelley English (British)The surname Yelley was first found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed... [
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Yellman EnglishYellman comes from the English words yell and man creating Yellman. The last name Yellman was also given to a person who consistently yelled a lot.
Yellow EnglishNickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion
Yellowhair Navajo, CheyenneNative American (mainly Navajo; also
Yellow Hair): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo
Bitsiiʼ Łitsoii (literally ‘His Yellow Hair’), which is derived from
bitsiiʼ ‘his hair’ and
łitso ‘yellow’, or Cheyenne
Heova'ehe, derived from the prefix
heov- ‘yellow’ and the suffix
-a'e ‘hair’.
Yelnats LiteratureInvented by Louis Sacher for his novel "Holes". The name was created because it is Stanley spelled backwards. Stanley Yelnats IV is the main character in the novel.
Yeltsin m RussianPossibly from Russian word ель (
jel') meaning "spruce, fir" and the relational suffix -ин (
-in).
Yeong KoreanKorean form of
Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (
yeong) meaning "willow".
Yepes SpanishHabitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).
Yeremeyev m RussianDerived from the given name
Yeremey. Konstantin Yeremeyev was a Soviet journalist and military person.