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Yamaba Japanese

Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".

Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".

Yamaga Japanese

Yamagai Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamagaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamaguri Japanese
Variant of Yamakuri.

Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]

Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".

Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".

Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".

Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".

Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".

Yamamori Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 森 (mori) meaning "forest".

Yamana Japanese

Yamanae Japanese

Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".

Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".

Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".

Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".

Yamata Japanese

Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]

Yamawaki Japanese
From 山 (yama, sen) meaning "mountain, hill", and 脇 (waki) meaning "armpit, side, flank, underarm".

Yamaya Japanese
Variant of Yamatani.

Yamazawa Japanese
Variant of Yamasawa.

Yamazoe Japanese
Variant of Yamasoe.

Yanabu Japanese

Yanada Japanese

Yanagawa Japanese
Variant of Yanakawa.

Yanagibara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".

Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."

Yanagino Japanese

Yanagita Japanese

Yanagiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanagihara.

Yanagizawa Japanese
Variant of Yanagisawa.

Yanaibara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanaihara Japanese

Yanaiwara Japanese
Variant of Yanaihara.

Yanakawa Japanese

Yanami Japanese

Yanata Japanese
Variant of Yanada.

Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yara Japanese

Yasaka Japanese

Yasaki Japanese

Yashima Japanese

Yasue Japanese

Yasuhara Japanese

Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".

Yasui Japanese
Yasu (安) "Relaxed, Cheap" and I (井) "Well, Mineshaft ".

Yasuki Japanese
Yasu means "Relax, Cheap" and Ki mean "Tree". Yasuki is also a first name.

Yasukochi Japanese

Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".

Yasumoto Japanese
From 安 (yasu, an) meaning "relax, cheap, inexpensive" and 元 (moto) meaning "origin".

Yasunishi Japanese
yasu means "Peace,Quiet" and nishi means "West". See Anzai for alternative, but similar meaning.

Yasura Japanese
Yasu means "cheap, relax, peace" and ra means "good".

Yasuraoka Japanese (Rare)
安 (Yasu) means "Cheap, Low, Inexpensive, Rested, Peaceful, Relax".良 (Ra) means "Good, Excellent", and 岡 (Oka) means "Ridge, Hill". A notable bearer is Akio Yasuraoka, he was a composer in his earlier days.

Yasuta Japanese

Yasutomi Japanese
Yasu means "relax, cheap, peace" and tomi means "wealth, abundance".

Yasuyama Japanese
安 (Yasu) means "peaceful, rested, relax, cheap, low" and 山 (yama) means "mountain".

Yasuzato Japanese
See Asato.

Yata Japanese

Yatabe Japanese

Yatsue Japanese

Yatsui Japanese

Yatsujima Japanese

Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".

Yatsuki Japanese

Yatsumura Japanese

Yatsushima Japanese

Yazaka Japanese

Yazaki Japanese
A variant of Yasaki.... [more]

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazzi Navajo

Yde Danish

Yearley English

Yearwood English

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yeun Korean

Yoda Japanese

Yoichien Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) meaning "give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "in the city, market" or "town" and 園 (en) means "garden".

Yoichimae Japanese (Rare)
与 (Yo) means "provide, give, award, participate", 市 (ichi) means "town, market, city" and 前 (mae) "front, forward".

Yokodaira Japanese
Variant of Yokotaira.

Yokodera Japanese
Variant of Yokotera.

Yokogai Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokogaya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yokohama Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and hama means "beach, seashore".

Yokohira Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hira means "peace, level, even".

Yokohori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and hori means "moat, canal".

Yokomizo Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "beside" and 溝 (mizo) means "groove, trench, gutter, gully, drain, ditch, gap". A notable bearer is Seishi Yokomizo, a Japanese novelist in the Showa Period.

Yokomori Japanese
Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".

Yokomura Japanese
横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.

Yokono Japanese
Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".

Yokoo Japanese
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".

Yokose Japanese
Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".

Yokotani Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".

Yokote Japanese
Yoko ("Beside") + Te , this is the Japanese word for hand. This surname means "Beside a Hand". Michiko Yokote is an example. She wrote the Pichi Pichi Pitch manga and did screenwriting for Masamune-kun's Revenge.

Yokouchi Japanese

Yokoya Japanese
Variant of Yokotani.

Yomohiro Japanese (Rare)
This is a very rare surname with the kanji of all four directions: (東西北南) "east, west, north, south", in that order. Yomo literally means "four directions" and hiro means "extension".

Yonega Japanese

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yonekawa Japanese
Yone means "rice" and kawa means "river, stream".

Yonematsu Japanese

Yonemoto Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and moto means "origin, root, source, base".

Yonemura Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and mura means "village".

Yonesawa Japanese
Yone means "rice, America" and sawa means "swamp, wetland, marsh".

Yoneta Japanese

Yonetomi Japanese

Yonetsu Japanese

Yonezu Japanese

Yonoda Japanese

Yonoichi Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yorker English

Yorkston English

Yoshi Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortune".

Yoshibara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshidome Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".

Yoshidomi Japanese
A variant of Yoshitomi.

Yoshikuni Japanese

Yoshimitsu Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mitsu means "light".

Yoshimori Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck" and mori means "forest".

Yoshimoto Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".

Yoshina Japanese
Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".

Yoshinoue Japanese

Yoshinuma Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and numa means "marsh, swamp".... [more]

Yoshisawa Japanese
Yoshi means "good luck, fortunate" and sawa means "marsh, swamp".

Yoshita Japanese

Yoshitake Japanese
Yoshi means "lucky, fortunate, good" and take means "bamboo".

Yoshitomi Japanese
From 吉 (yoshi, kichi, kitsu) meaning "good luck, fortunate" and 富 (tomi) meaning "wealth, abundance".

Yoshiwara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshiyuki Japanese

Yoshizako Japanese

Yoshizawa Japanese
Variant of Yoshisawa meaning "lucky swamp."

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Yota Japanese

Yotsui Japanese

Yui Japanese
It is written three ways: 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mineshaft, pit". Or (yu) meaning the same as the latter, but with 比 (i) meaning "compare". Lastly, 油 (yu) can mean "oil" and (i) meaning the same as the first example.... [more]

Yukimatsu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "lucky" and matsu means "pine, for tree".

Yukimitsu Japanese
雪 (Yuki) means "snow" and 光 (mitsu) means "light, radiance".

Yukino Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and no means "plain, field, wilderness".

Yukishita Japanese
Yuki means "snow" and shita means "under".

Yukita Japanese

Yukitomo Japanese
From 行 (yuki) meaning "going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank" and 友 (tomo) meaning "friend".

Yukiyasu Japanese
Yuki can mean "snow" or "luck" and yasu means "peace, relax, cheap".

Yukumoto Japanese
Yuku means "conduct, go, travel, line, row" and moto means "origin, source, root".

Yumi Japanese
Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]

Yumihiro Japanese
From Japanese 弓 (yumi) meaning "archery bow" combined with 広 or 廣 (hiro) meaning "broad, wide, spacious"

Yumori Japanese

Yuno Japanese
From 湯 (yu) meaning "hot water, bath, hot spring" and 野 (no) meaning "plains, field".

Yurimoto Japanese

Yuumori Japanese

Zabatsu Japanese

Zahi Arabic
From the given name Zahi.

Zai Japanese

Zaxby English

Zella German

Zelli Italian

Zello Italian

Zeoli Italian

Zeolla Italian

Zeolli Italian

Zeze Japanese

Zhan Chinese

Zhen Chinese

Zichelli Italian

Zicolazzi Italian

Zicolella Italian

Zicolelli Italian

Zicolello Italian

Zicolillo Italian

Zinni Italian
Variant of Zini.

Ziola Italian

Zioli Italian

Ziolla Italian

Ziolli Italian

Zobuchi Japanese

Zolla Italian

Zolli Italian

Zollo Italian

Zuni Indigenous American

Zusman Yiddish

Zyrina Russian