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YokomoriJapanese Yoko means "beside, next to" and mori means "forest".
YokomuraJapanese 横 (Yoko) means "Beside" and 村 (Mura) means "Village, Hamlet". Check the source if needed.
YokonoJapanese Yoko means "beside" and no means "field, plain, wilderness".
YokooJapanese From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 尾 (o) meaning "tail, foot, end".
YokosawaJapanese From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "beside, next to" and 澤 (sawa) meaning "swamp, wetland, marsh".
YokoseJapanese Yoko means "beside next to" and se means "current, ripple".
YokoshimaJapanese From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 島 or 嶋 (shima) meaning "island".
YokotakeJapanese From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "side, beside, next to" and 竹 (take) meaning "bamboo".
YokotaniJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 横 (yoko) meaning "next to, beside" combined with 谷 (tani) "valley".
YokoteJapanese 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.
YomohiroJapanese (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".
YomtovHebrew (Modern) Means "good day", derived from Hebrew יום (yom) means "day" and טוב (tov) means "good".
YonagaJapanese From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".
YonamineJapanese From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."
YonaoJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 与 (yo) or 與 (yo), both meaning "to bestow, to participate, to provide, cause, gift, godsend" or referring to a given name with one of those characters and 猶 (nao) meaning "still".
YongKorean Korean form of Long from Sino-Korean 龍 (yong).
YongChinese From Chinese 雍 (yōng) either referring the ancient state of Yong, located in what is now Henan province, or the ancient fief of Yong, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.
YoshidomeJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck, fortune, auspicious" combined with 留 (tome) meaning "detain, stop, remain, to stay still".
YoshiiJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good fortune" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
YoshiizumiJapanese formed with 吉 (Yoshi, Kichi, Kitsu) meaning "good luck; joy; congratulations" and 泉 (Izumi, Sen) meaning "spring; fountain". So the meaning could be interpreted as “Fountain of Good Luck” or “Lucky Fountain”
YoshimotoJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 本 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
YoshimuraJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
YoshinaJapanese Yo means "night" and shina means "family, department, section".
YoshinariJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 成 (nari) meaning "become".
YoshiyamaJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "fortune, good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".
YoshiyasuJapanese From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".
YotsuyanagiJapanese From Japanese 四柳 (Yotsuyanagi) meaning "Yahaba", a former village in the district of Kashima in the former Japanese province of Noto in parts of present-day Ishikawa in Japan.... [more]
YottFrench (Americanized) Americanized form of French Huot (which is derived from a diminutive of the Old French personal name Hue).
YouensScottish comes from the Gaelic personal name Eógan, which comes from the Latin name, Eugenius, which means well born. Youens is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames.
YoungerEnglish, American English (mainly Borders) from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker)... [more]
YounghusbandEnglish Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.
YoungkinScottish (?), Irish (?) Possibly derived from Younkin; A Strathclyde-Briton family from the Scottish/English Borderlands was the first to use the surname Younkin. It is a name for a person who was very young, from the Old English word yong and yung... [more]
YousafzaiPashto Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai). A notable bearer is Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-).
YueChinese From Chinese 岳 (yuè) referring to the ancient title Tai Yue (太岳), which was used by officials in charge of sacrificial rituals on mountain sites.
YuehTaiwanese Alternate romanization of Yue chiefly used in Taiwan.
YugovRussian Derived from Russian юг (yug) meaning "south".
YuhannaJudeo-Arabic (?) Yuhanna or John is one of the apostles of Christ, the prophet of Christians and the religion of Christianity, who believe that he ascended to heaven.
YuiJapanese 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]
YukKorean From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".
YukawaJapanese From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
YuleMedieval English Nickname for someone who was born on Christmas Day or had some other connection with this time of year, from Middle English yule ‘Christmastide’ (Old English geol, reinforced by the cognate Old Norse term jól).
YumangTagalog From Tagalog umang meaning "snare, trap".
YumbeJapanese (Rare) From Japanese 弓 (yun), a contraction of 弓 (yumi) meaning "bow, archery" and 部 (be) meaning "division", possibly referring to a fighter who specialized in archery.
YumeharaJapanese From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".
YumekawaJapanese Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".
YumenoJapanese yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".
YumiJapanese Yu means "cause, reason, logic" and mi means "beauty". ... [more]
YurovskiymRussian, Polish (Russified) Alternate transcription of Yurovsky. This was the last name of Yakov Yurovskiy, a notable Bolshevik. He led the execution of the Romanovs.
YushchenkoUkrainian Means "child of Yukhym". Viktor Yushchenko was the Ukrainian president from 2005 to 2010, and a major figure in the Orange Revolution.
YuskovmRussian Possibly from the letter yus (юс, ѧ, ѫ, ꙛ, ꙙ) of the early Slavonic alphabets.
YusonFilipino From Hokkien 楊孫 (iûⁿ-sun), derived from 楊 (iûⁿ) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild". It could also be from 余孫 (û-sun), derived from 余 (û) meaning "surplus" and 孫 (sun) meaning "grandchild".
YusovRussian Derived from Russian юс (yus) meaning "(either little or big) yus".