Submitted Surnames Starting with Y

Yardly English
Variant of Yardley.

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".

Yared Arabic
From the given name Yared.

Yaremchuk Ukrainian
Means "son of Yarema".

Yarger English (American)
Americanized form of German Järger or Jerger

Yarhak Ukrainian (Rare)

Yari Japanese
From the kanji 槍, meaning spear. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yarian English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yarigo Western African

Yarimizo Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 鑓 (yari) meaning "sword" and 溝 (mizo) meaning "ditch; drain".

Yarish American
Anglicized form of Jaroš.

Yarmola Ukrainian

Yarmolenko Ukrainian
Regional name for someone from Yarmolyntsi, an urban-type settlement in Ukraine.

Yarmolnik Russian, Ukrainian (Russified, ?)

Yarosh Ukrainian
Variant of Yaroshenko.

Yaroshchuk m Ukrainian
Variant of Yaroshenko.

Yaroshenko Ukrainian
Derived from a diminutive form of Yaroslav.

Yaroshevitz Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish form of Yarrow.

Yaroslavl Russian

Yarovenko Ukrainian
Possibly from the given name Yaroslav.

Yarrow English (British, Modern, Rare)

Yarusov Russian

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.

Yasaka Japanese

Yasaki Japanese

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.

Yasevich Belarusian
Possibly derived from ясна (yasna), meaning "clear" in Belarusian.

Yashchyna Ukrainian

Yashima Japanese
From Japanese 八 (ya) meaning "eight" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".

Yashin Russian
Means "son of Yasha". This surname was borne by the Soviet soccer goalkeeper Lev Yashin (1929-1990).

Yashin Uzbek
Means "lighting" in Uzbek.

Yashina Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Я́шин (see Yashin).

Yashnikov m Russian

Yasin Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yasin.

Yasinkov m Russian

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.

Yassine Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yassine.

Yassir Arabic
Derived from the given name Yasir.

Yassman Russian

Yastrebov m Russian
Derived from Russian ястреб (yastreb) meaning "hawk".

Yastremskyi m Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jastremski.

Yasu Japanese

Yasuan Alaskan

Yasue Japanese
From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "inexpensive, rested, peace, quiet" and 江 (e) meaning "bay, inlet".

Yasuhara Japanese

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.

Yasuhiru Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 安蒜 (see Ambiru).

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.

Yasukochi Japanese

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

Yasumi Japanese
Yasu meaning 安 (yasu) meaning "rest, peace, cheap, relax" and 己 (mi) meaning "oneself".

Yasumizu Japanese
From 安 (yasu) meaning "calm, peaceful, low, inexpensive" and 水 (mizu) meaning "water".

Yasumoro Japanese
Variant reading of Amuro.

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

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.

Yasur Jewish

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"... [more]

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).

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.

Yasyuchek Russian, Ukrainian (?)

Yata Japanese

Yata Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yataba Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田羽 (see Hattawa).

Yatabe Japanese
From 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow", 田 (ta) meaning "rice paddy, field", and 部 (be) meaning "section, bureau, division".

Yatani Japanese

Yatano Japanese (Rare)
Variant of Hatta, added Japanese 野 (no) meaning "field; plains".

Yata'uyungana Tsou

Yatauyungana Tsou

Yatco Tagalog
Meaning uncertain, of Hokkien origin.

Yatsenko Ukrainian
Derived from the given name Yatsentiy.

Yatsenyuk Ukrainian
Another form of Yatsenko.

Yatsko Ukrainian

Yatsuda Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

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

Yatsushiro Japanese

Yatsuta Japanese
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 八田 (see Hatta).

Yatsutko Russian (?), Ukrainian (?)

Yatsuyama Japanese
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yatsyna Russian

Yatteau French (Acadian)
I was always told it was French

Ya'u Nigerian

Yau Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Qiu.

Yauchi Japanese
From Japanese 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow" and 内 (uchi) meaning "inside".

Yaun Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jahn.

Yavari Persian
Derived from Persian یاور (yavar) meaning "assistant, supporter".

Yavaş Turkish
Means "slow, calm, soft" in Turkish.

Yavi Eastern African

Yavorov Bulgarian
Means "son of Yavor".

Yavuz Turkish
Means "stern, tough" in Turkish.

Yaw Irish, English, Chinese
Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu.

Yawana African

Yaxley English
Meant "person from Yaxley", Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ("glade where cuckoos are heard").

Yaya Western African
From the given name Yaya.

Yayama Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Hachiyama.

Yayla Turkish
Means "mountain pasture, highland, plateau" in Turkish.

Yaylacıoğlu Turkish
Means "descendant of the nomad" from Turkish yaylacı meaning "nomad, highlander, transhumant".

Yazaka Japanese

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

Yazar Turkish
Means "writer, author" in Turkish.

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

Yazawa Japanese
From Japanese 谷 (ya) meaning "valley" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yazbeck Arabic
Variant transcription of Yazbek.

Yazdi Persian
Indicated a family or person from the city of Yazd in Iran

Yazıcı Turkish
Means "writer" or "clerk" in Turkish.

Yaziji Turkish, Arabic
Arabic surname of Turkish origin meaning “clerk” or “writer”. Alternate spelling to Yazıcı.

Yazukhin m Russian

Yazvinskiy m Russian
From Russian язвина (yazvina), meaning "ulcer".

Yazzi Navajo

Yazzie Indigenous American, Navajo
Derived from the Navajo word yázhí meaning "little".

Ybañez Spanish (Philippines)
Filipino form of Ibáñez.

Ybanez Spanish (Philippines)
Unaccented variant of Ybañez.

Ybiricu Basque (Hispanicized, Rare)
Derived from Basque ibi "ford, river crossing".

Ybl Hungarian

Ybyrai Kazakh

Ychon Filipino
Variant of Echon.

Yde Danish

Ye Western African

Yeager English, Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of German Jäger.

Yeap Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yeardley English
Means "enclosed meadow" in Old English, from Old English g(e)ard (“fence, enclosure”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).

Yearley English

Yearwood English

Yeasmin Bengali
From the given name Yeasmin.

Yeats English
Scottish and northern English variant spelling of Yates.

Yeboah Western African, Akan

Yednak Ukrainian

Yee Chinese (Taishanese)
Taishanese romanization of Yu 2.

Yefet Hebrew
From the given name Yefet (see Japheth).

Yefimov Russian
Means "son of Yefim".

Yefimova Russian
Feminine form of Yefimov.

Yefimovich Russian
Grigori 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).

Yefremov m Russian
Means "son of Yefrem".

Yegachev m Russian

Yeganeh Persian
Means "unique" in Persian.

Yeganyan Armenian

Yeghiazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Yeghiazar".

Yegiazarov m Russian

Yegin m Russian
Means "son of Yegor."

Yeh Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yehezkel Jewish
From the given name Yehezkel.

Yehia Arabic
From the given name Yahya.

Yehya Arabic, Uyghur
From the given name Yehya.

Yeibi Nigerian

Yeien Malaysian (Rare, ?)

Yekaterinburg Russian

Yekelchyk Ukrainian

Yekhamov m Russian

Yekhuranov m Russian

Yekutieli Hebrew
From the given name Yekutiel.

Yel Turkish
Means "wind, breeze" in Turkish.

Yelich Serbian (Anglicized, Rare)
Yelich is an Anglicized spelling of the last name Jelić.

Yelistratov m Russian

Yelizarov m Russian
Possibly from the given name Yelizaveta.

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... [more]

Yellman English
Yellman 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 English
Nickname for someone who has yellow hair; wore yellow clothing or has a yellow complexion

Yellowhair Navajo, Cheyenne
Native 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’.

Yellowman Indigenous American
Native American (also Yellow Man): translation into English of a personal name such as Navajo Hastiin Łitso, based on hastiin ‘man’ and łitso ‘yellow’, referring to the color of the complexion or the hair (Juxtapose Yellowhair).

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

Yellowtail Indigenous American

Yelly English

Yelnats Literature
Invented 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 Russian
Possibly from Russian word ель (jel') meaning "spruce, fir" and the relational suffix -ин (-in).

Yel'tsov m Russian
A form of Yeltsin.

Yelverton English

Yemel'yanenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Yemelyanov.

Yemelyanov Russian
Means "son of Yemelyan".

Yemelyanova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Емельянов (see Yemelyanov).

Yemen Arabic
From the Given Name YEMEN.

Yemesi Papuan

Yemtsev m Russian

Yen Khmer

Yen Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 严 (see Yan).

Yende South African

Yener Turkish
From the given name Yener.

Yeng Korean

Yeni Turkish
Means "new" in Turkish.

Yeo Korean

Yeo Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoman English

Yeong Korean
Korean form of Yang, from Sino-Korean 楊 (yeong) meaning "willow".

Yeongju Japanese

Yeosu Korean

Yeow Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Yao.

Yepa Papuan

Yepes Spanish
Habitational name from Yepes in the province of Toledo (named as Hippo or Hipona in or before Roman times).

Yépez South American

Yepikhov m Russian

Yepishev m Russian

Yerba Spanish (Latin American)

Yerbabuena Spanish (Latin American)
From Spanish yerba buena meaning "good herb"

Yeregin m Russian

Yeremenko Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Yeremeyev.

Yeremeyev m Russian
Derived from the given name Yeremey. Konstantin Yeremeyev was a Soviet journalist and military person.

Yerges English (American)

Yerian English
Americanized form of Irion.

Yerka English (Rare)

Yerkes German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of German and Dutch Jerkes, a patronymic from the personal name Jerke.

Yermak Ukrainian, Russian
From the given name Yermak. Andriy Yermak is a Ukrainian politician and former film producer.

Yermakov m Russian

Yermashkevich Belarusian

Yermishin m Russian, Ukrainian (Russified, ?)

Yermolaev Russian
Variant of Yermolayev.

Yermolayev Russian
Means "son of Yermolai".

Yermolenko Ukrainian

Yerofeyev m Russian

Yerokhin m Russian

Yeromenko Ukrainian

Yeroshchenko Ukrainian

Yeroshchenkov m Russian
Russian form of Yeroshchenko.

Yershov Russian

Yerzhanov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ержанов (see Erzhanov).

Yerzhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ержанова (see Erzhanova).

Yesayan Armenian
Means "son of Yesay".

Yesca Spanish (Latin American)

Yeşil Turkish
Means "green" in Turkish.

Yeşildere Turkish

Yeşilgöz Turkish, Kurdish
Means "green eye" in Turkish and Kurdish. Dutch politician Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius (1977-) bears this name.

Yeska English (American)
Probably an altered form of German Jeschke or Polish Jeske.

Yeskizarov m Russian

Yesmin Bengali
Variant of Yasmin.

Yesua Indonesian
From the given name Yesua, a variant of Yeshua. This surname is found among Indonesian populations.

Yeszhanov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Есжанов (see Eszhanov).

Yeszhanova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Есжанова (see Eszhanova).

Yeta African

Yetarian Armenian

Yeter Turkish
Means "enough, sufficient" in Turkish.

Yeti Hebrew (Rare), English (American)
Most common during the 1800s to 1900s. It has seen a large drop off since, but is not extinct as a last name.... [more]

Yetim Turkish
Means "orphan" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic يتيم (yatim).

Yetman English
"gate keeper"

Yett English
Derived from the Old English word geat, meaning gate.

Yetts English
Variant of Yates

Yeukai Shona
Yeukai means "Remember". This name is given as a call to remember a particular event or to remember one's origins.

Yeun Korean

Yeung Korean

Yevchenko Ukrainian
From the given name Yevhen.

Yevdakov m Russian

Yevdokimov m Russian
Means "son of Yevdokim".

Yevdokimova Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евдокимов (see Yevdokimov).

Yevdokymenko Ukrainian
Means "son of Yevdokym".

Yevgenyev m Russian
Means "son of Yevgeniy".

Yevgenyevich m Russian
Means "son of Yevgeniy".

Yevin Russian

Yevstigneyev Russian
Means "son of Yevstigney".

Yevstigneyeva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Евстигнеев (see Yevstigneyev).

Yevtushenko Ukrainian

Yevtushik Russian, Jewish (?)

Yew Chinese (?)

Yewdale English
Derived from Yewdale, which is the name of a village near the town of Skelmersdale in Lancashire. Its name means "valley of yew trees", as it is derived from Middle English ew meaning "yew tree" combined with Middle English dale meaning "dale, valley".... [more]

Yezhov m Russian
Derived from Russian word "ёж (yozh)" meaning hedgehog. Yezhov was the last name of Nikolay Yezhov, the leader of the Soviet NKVD from 1936-38 who is known for Yezhovshchina.

Yfantis Greek
Means tailor in Greek.

Yglesias Spanish
Variant of Iglesias.

Yia African

Yiannopoulos Greek
Means son of Yianni, a famous bearer of this name is Milo Yiannopolous (1983-).

Yick Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yi.

Yid Obscure
Unknown.

Yiddish Yiddish

Yiğit Turkish
From the given name Yiğit.

Yiğitoğlu Turkish
Means "son of Yiğit".

Yigzaw Ethiopian

Yikoshu African, Central African

Yıldırım Turkish
From the given name Yıldırım.

Yim Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yan.

Yim Khmer
Meaning uncertain, probably of Chinese origin.

Yimtatu Amharic

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 殷 (yīn) referring to the ancient city of Yin, which existed in what is now Henan province and served as the capital of the Shang dynasty (which reigned from 1600 to 1045 BC and was also called Yin).

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 尹 (yǐn), a title for a ministerial position in ancient China. It may also refer to the ancient fief of Yin, which existed in what is now either Shanxi or Henan province.

Yin Chinese
From Chinese 印 (yìn) meaning "stamp, seal".

Yíng Chinese (Rare)
From the name of the royal house of the Qin Dynasty from the ancient Chinese state also known as Qin.

Ying Chinese
From Chinese 应 (yīng) referring to the ancient state of Ying, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Yip Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ye.

Yisrael Hebrew
Means "Israel" in Hebrew, from יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʾēl).

Yisselin Spanish (Latin American)