Submitted Surnames Starting with Y

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Ya Japanese
From Japanese ya, meaning "night". Note that other kanji interpretations and meanings could be possible.
Yabe Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 部 (be) "region," "division," "part."
Yaben Basque
It means under the rushes or bracken.
Yablokov Russian
From Russian яблоко (yabloko) meaning "apple", used as a nickname for a ruddy person or a gardener who received a plentiful harvest.
Yabsley English
It is believed to be a derived spelling of Abboldesi, a place now more commonly known as Abbotsley or Abbotsleigh. However, the original surname had nothing to do with "Abbots" in any spelling, and derives from to the Olde English pre 7th Century personal name "Eadbeald" meaning "Prosperity-bold".
Yabugame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 籔亀 (see Yabuki 4).
Yabukame Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 藪亀 or 薮亀 (see Yabuki 4).
Yabuki Japanese (Rare)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 吹 (buki), from 吹き (buki), the joining continuative form of 吹く (fuku) meaning "to blow". It can also derive from 藪 (yabu) meaning "thicket; grove; copse" and 亀 (ki) meaning "tortoise, turtle"... [more]
Yabusaki Japanese
From the Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 武 (bu) which was a traditional unit of measurement approximately equal to 90 centimeters, and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Yabut Filipino, Pampangan
Derived from Pampangan iabut meaning "to hand over, to give".
Yacob Amharic
From the given name Yacob.
Yacoob Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.
Yacoub Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.
Yacouba Western African
From the given name Yacouba.
Yacub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.
Yada Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 田 (da or ta) "rice paddy."
Yada Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 or 八多 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Yadav Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, Nepali
From Sanskrit यादव (yadava) meaning "descendant of Yadu", Yadu being a legendary king in Hindu mythology who was believed to be an ancestor of Krishna.
Yaeger German
Yaeger is a relatively uncommon American surname, most likely a transcription of the common German surname "Jaeger/Jäger" (hunter). The spelling was changed to become phonetic because standard English does not utilize the umlaut.
Yafai Arabic
Meaning unknown.
Yagami Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 神 (kami) meaning "god".
Yağcı Turkish
Means "oil seller" in Turkish.
Yager German
Americanized form of JÄGER, meaning "hunter."
Yagi Japanese
This can be read as Yanagi meaning "willow".
Yagi Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".
Yagihashi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 橋 (hashi) meaning "bridge".
Yaginuma Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 沼 (numa) meaning "swamp, marsh".
Yagira Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" combined with 楽 (ra) meaning "music, comfort, ease".
Yagishita Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yagi) meaning "willow" and 下 (shita) meaning "under, below".
Yağız Turkish
From the given name Yağız.
Yagoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.
Yaguchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 口 (kuchi) meaning "mouth, entrance".
Yagüe Spanish
It is possibly derived from a name for someone born on St James' Day, from Old Spanish Santi Yague, a common medieval form of Santiago.
Yahaba Japanese
From Japanese 矢幅 (Yahaba) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Shiwa in the former Japanese province of Rikuchū in parts of present-day Iwate and Akita in Japan.... [more]
Yahaha Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 矢羽々 (see Yahaba).
Yahata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Yahaya Western African, Comorian
From the given name Yahaya.
Yahia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.
Yahiaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.
Yahya Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yahya.
Yahyaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yahya.
Yajima Japanese
Derived from Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" or 谷 (ya) meaning "valley, lowland, plain" combined with 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".... [more]
Yajin Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 夜 (ya) meaning "night; evening" and 陣 (jin) meaning "battle formation; camp"
Yakhin Bashkir, Tatar
From the given name Yakhya.
Yakimov Russian
Means "Son of Yakim".
Yakobashvili Georgian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Iakobashvili chiefly used by Georgian Jews.
Yakoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.
Yakovenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yakov.
Yakovleva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Яковлев (see Yakovlev).
Yakub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.
Yakubovich Russian, Belarusian
Derived from the given name Yakub.
Yakumo Japanese (Rare)
This surname combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" or 家 (ka, ke, ie, uchi, ya) meaning "expert, family, home, house, performer, professional" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."... [more]
Yakushigami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).
Yakushiji Japanese
From Japanese 薬師寺 (Yakushiji) meaning "Yakushiji", a former village in the district of Kawachi in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan.
Yakushijin Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).
Yakushikami Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師神 or 藥師神 (see Yakushiji).
Yakushimaru Japanese
A notable bearer is Hiroko Yakushimaru, a singer and actress. ... [more]
Yakut Turkish
Means "ruby" in Turkish.
Yalaoui Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian family name possibly derived from Arabic يَعْلَى (yaʿlā) or يَعْلَ (yaʿla) both meaning "exalted, high".
Yalçın Turkish
From the given name Yalçın.
Yalçınkaya Turkish
Means "steep rock", derived from Turkish yalçın meaning "steep" and kaya meaning "rock, cliff".
Yalman Turkish
Means "steep" in Turkish. Synonymous with the given name "Sarp".
Yam Hebrew
From the given name Yam.
Yam Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ren.
Yama Japanese
Yama means "Mountain".
Yamabe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 部 (be) meaning "part, section".
Yamabi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 火 (bi), the joining form of 火 (hi) meaning "fire". It is a reference to an event when the leader of the Morioka Domain came to the mountains and the residents warmed him up by starting a fire using flint... [more]
Yamabushi Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and bushi means "warrior, samurai".
Yamadaev Chechen
Means "son of Yamad", possibly from a form of the given name Ahmad.
Yamadera Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and dera comes from tera meaning "temple".
Yamagata Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 形 (gata) meaning "shape, form" or 縣 (gata) meaning "county, district".
Yamaha Japanese (Rare)
This Japanese surname is more found in Brazil than Japan, because of Japanese immigrants who immigrated from Japan to Brazil. Notable bearer of this surname: Torakusu Yamaha (Japanese entrepreneur who was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation).
Yamahashi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and hashi means "bridge".... [more]
Yamahi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 or 山日 (see Yamabi).
Yamai Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
Yamaka Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山火 (see Yamabi).
Yamakawa Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Yamakuri Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and kuri means "chestnut".
Yamamae Japanese
Yama means "mountain, hill" and mae means "front".
Yamamba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamauba).
Yamamichi Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and michi means "path".
Yamamizu Japanese
山 (Yama) means "mountain" and 水 (mizu) means "water".
Yamamori Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and mori means "forest".
Yamamura Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Yaman Turkish
Means "intelligent, capable, efficient" in Turkish.
Yamanaka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 中 (naka) meaning "middle".
Yamanba Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 山姥 (see Yamamba).
Yamane Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 根 (ne) meaning "root".
Yamano Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Yamanobe Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain", 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness" and 辺 (be) meaning "area, place, vicinity".
Yamanoue Japanese
Yama means "mountain", no is a possessive article, and ue means "above, top, upper".
Yamaoka Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 岡 (oka) meaning "hill, ridge".
Yamasato Japanese
This surname combines 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain" and 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village," 県 or 縣 - outdated variant of 県 - (ken, ka.keru) meaning "county, district, subdivision, prefecture," the last meaning reserved for 県.... [more]
Yamasawa Japanese
Yama means "hill, mountain" and sawa means "swamp, marsh".
Yamase Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and se means "ripple".
Yamashiro Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mounain, hill" and 城 (shiro) meaning "castle".
Yamatani Japanese
Yama means "mountain" and tani means "valley". ... [more]
Yamato Japanese
From the given name Yamato.
Yamato Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Nihon.
Yamauba Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 山姥 (yamauba/yamamba) meaning "mountain hag", referring to someone with mountain hag-like traits.
Yamaya Japanese
From Japanese 山 (yama) meaning "mountain" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Yambao Filipino
Possibly from Vietnamese iàm-báu meaning "treasure."
Yameen Urdu, Bengali, Dhivehi
Variant transcription of Yamin.
Yamikawa Japanese
From Japanese 闇 (Yami) meaning "darkness" 川(Kawa) meaning "river", the name basically means "Dark river"
Yampilskiy Ukrainian (Rare)
This was used by people originating from any of various Ukrainian settlements by the name of "Yampil".
Yan Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Yang used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Yan Chinese
颜 means color.
Yan Chinese
From Chinese 严 (yán) meaning "strict, solemn, stern".
Yan Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.
Yanagawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Yanagi Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow".
Yanagida Japanese
Yanagi (柳) means "willow", ta/da (田) means "ricefield", ta changes to da because of rendaku. Mikio Yanagida (柳田幹雄) from Btooom! is a notable character bearing this surname.
Yanagida Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Yanagihara Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".
Yanagimi Japanese
Yanagi means "willow" and mi means "viewpoint, outlook".
Yanagimoto Japanese
Yanagi means "Willow" and Moto means "Source, Root, Origin."
Yanagisawa Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 沢 (sawa) meaning "marsh".
Yanagiya Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yanagi) meaning "willow" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley".
Yanai Japanese
From the Japanese 矢 (ya) "arrow" and 内 (nai or uchi) "inside."
Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (yana) meaning "willow" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Yanase Japanese
From Japanese 簗 (yana) meaning "fish trap" and 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current".
Yandarbiev Chechen
Means "son of Yandarbi".
Yandarbiyeva Chechen
Feminine spelling of Yandarbiyev.
Yandarov Chechen
Possibly from the given name Yandar, which is of uncertain meaning, perhaps of Turkic or Iranian origin.
Yáñez Spanish
Patronymic of JUAN.
Yang Korean
Korean form of Liang, from Sino-Korean 梁 (yang).
Yanık Turkish
Means "burn, scald" in Turkish.
Yaniv Hebrew
From the given name Yaniv.
Yankoviac English
Variant of the name Yankovic.
Yankovic Slovene, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian, Polish
Americanized form of Janković, or perhaps Jankowicz.
Yankovich Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Americanized spelling of Janković or Jankovič.
Yannotta American
Possibly a variant of Iannotta.
Yano Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.
Yanshiji Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 薬師寺 or 藥師寺 (see Yakushiji).
Yanson Filipino
From Hokkien 燕孫 (iàn-sun), derived from 燕 (iàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
Yantorno Italian
Derived from the word torno which in Italian means "around".
Yao Chinese
From 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"
Yap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.
Yapıcı Turkish
Means "builder, maker, constructor" in Turkish.
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.
Yaqoob Arabic
From the given name Yaqub.
Yaqoub Arabic
Derived from the given name Yaqub.
Yaqub Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yaqub.
Yaqubov Azerbaijani, Uzbek
Means "son of Yaqub".
Yarbrough Anglo-Saxon
The ancient roots of the Yarbrough family name are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Yarbrough comes from when the family lived in either the parish or the hamlet called Yarborough in the county of Lincolnshire... [more]
Yarchi Hebrew
From Hebrew יָרֵחַ (yareach), meaning "moon".
Yarden Hebrew (Rare)
From the given name Yarden, which is named after the Jordan 2 River. ... [more]
Yardeni Hebrew (Modern)
Means "of Jordan 2" in Hebrew.
Yardımcı Turkish
Means "helper, assistant, aide" in Turkish.
Yardley English
Habitational 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 English
The 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 Japanese
From the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Yarian English
Americanized form of Irion.
Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".
Yarish American
Anglicized form of Jaroš.
Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.
Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.
Yarwood English
habitational 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".
Yaryan English
Americanized form of Irion.
Yarzagaray Spanish (Caribbean), Papiamento (?)
Aruban surname of Basque origin.
Yaşar Turkish
From the given name Yaşar.
Yaseen Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yasin.
Yasenov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yasen".
Yaser Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.
Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
Yashin Russian
Means "son of Yasha", a Russian diminutive of Yakov. This surname was borne by the Soviet soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1929-1990).
Yashina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Я́шин (see Yashin).
Yasin Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yasin.
Yasir Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
From the given name Yasir.
Yasmin Bengali, Urdu
From the given name Yasmin.
Yasohachi Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 八十八 (yasohachi), the characters broken down from a single character 米 (kome) meaning "rice".
Yasser Arabic
From the given name Yasir.
Yassin Arabic
From the given name Yasin.
Yassir Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.
Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".
Yasuhiko Japanese
Yasu means "peace, even, level, cheap, inexpensive, relax" and hiko means "prince".
Yasuhiro Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other Kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
Yasui Japanese
Yasu (安) "Relaxed, Cheap" and I (井) "Well, Mineshaft ".
Yasui Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, tranquil" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Yasuki Japanese
Yasu means "Relax, Cheap" and Ki mean "Tree". Yasuki is also a first name.
Yasumatsu Japanese
Yasu means "relax, peaceful, cheap, inexpensive" and matsu means "pine, fir tree".
Yasumi Japanese
Yasu meaning ‘Restful’ and Mi meaning ‘one’s self/yourself’
Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Yasumuro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.
Yasunami Japanese
Means "calm wave" in Japanese.
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".
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.
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.
Yasuryo Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasuryō).
Yasuryō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安良 (see Yasura).
Yasusan Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).
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".
Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).
Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".
Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Yatsuka Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 束 (tsuka) meaning "bundle, bunch, sheaf".
Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta 3, Hatta 4, Hatta 5, Hatta 6, Hatta 7, or Hatta 8).
Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.