Submitted Surnames Starting with Y

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".

Yomtov Hebrew (Modern)
Means "good day", derived from Hebrew יום (yom) means "day" and טוב (tov) means "good".

Yonaga Japanese
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".

Yonago Japanese

Yonah Jewish
Hebrew for "dove" יונה

Yonamine Japanese
From the Japanese 與 or 与(yo) "together with," 那 (na) "what" and 嶺 (mine) "peak," "summit."

Yonao Japanese (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".

Yonce English

Yone Japanese
Yo (与) means together.... [more]

Yoneda Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 田 (ta or da) "rice paddy" or 多 (ta or da) "many."

Yoneda Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Yonega Japanese

Yonegawa Japanese
Variant of Yonekawa.

Yoneichi Japanese
Yone (米) means rice.... [more]

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

Yonekawa Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yonekura Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 倉 (kura) meaning "granary, storehouse".

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

Yoneyama Japanese
From Japanese 米 (yone) meaning "rice" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Yonezawa Japanese
From the Japanese 米 (yone or kome) "rice" and 澤 or 沢 (zawa or sawa) "swamp."

Yonezu Japanese

Yong Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Yang.

Yong Korean
Korean form of Long from Sino-Korean 龍 (yong).

Yong Chinese
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.

Yonge English
Variant of Yong

Yongin Korean

Yongsan Korea

Yonoda Japanese

Yonoichi Japanese

Yonota Japanese

Yonover English (British)
The surname Yonover was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor.

Yontararak Thai (Rare)
From Thai ยนตร (yontra) meaning "mechanical device; motor; engine" and รักษ์ (rak) meaning "to cure, to take care of".

Yoo Korean
Alternate transcription of Yu.

Yook Korean

Yook Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Yoosuf Dhivehi
From the given name Yoosuf.

Yorath Welsh
Derived from the Welsh given name Iorwerth.

Yorba Catalan (Hispanicized)
Castilianized form of Jorba.

Yore English (Rare)
Not available.

Yorita Japanese
From Japanese 依 (yori) meaning "reliant" or 寄 (yori) meaning "bring near", combined with 田 (ta) meaning "rice field".

Yorke English
Variant of York.

Yorker English

Yorkey English
Variant spelling of York.

Yorkman English
Variant form of York.

Yorks English
Variant of York.

Yorkshire English
From Yorkshire "the county of York". The place-name is recorded as Eoforwicscire in 1065 and derives from the city name York and Old English scir "district region".

Yorkston English

Yörük Turkish
Means "nomad, walker" in Turkish.

Yorulmaz Turkish
Means "tireless, unfailing" in Turkish.

Yoruno Japanese
From Japanese 夜 (yoru) meaning "night" and 野 (no) meaning "field, wilderness".

Yoruw Micronesian

Yosef Jewish
From the given name Yosef.

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.

Yoshihama Japanese
From the Japanese 吉 (yoshi) "good luck" and 浜 or 濱 (hama) "beach."

Yoshihara Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 原 (hara) meaning "field, plain".

Yoshii Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Yoshiizumi Japanese
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”

Yoshikawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yoshikuni Japanese

Yoshimaru Japanese
YOSHIMARU/吉丸 = Good Fortune/Luck Circle

Yoshimi Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 見 (mi) meaning "look, appearance".

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".

Yoshimura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "lucky, good" or 佳 (yoshi) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".

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

Yoshinari Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 成 (nari) meaning "become".

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".

Yoshitake Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 武 (take) meaning "military, martial".

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

Yoshiura Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, coast".

Yoshiwara Japanese
Variant of Yoshihara.

Yoshiyama Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yoshiyasu Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi), an alternative spelling of 吉し (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 安 (yasu) meaning "peaceful, tranquil, safe, simple, ammonium".

Yoshiyuki Japanese

Yoshizaki Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 崎 (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".

Yoshizako Japanese

Yoshizawa Japanese
Variant of Yoshisawa meaning "lucky swamp."

Yoshizawa Japanese
From Japanese 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" and 沢 or 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh".

Yosifov Russian
Means "son of Iosif".

Yosopov Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupov.

Yosopova Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yosozumi Japanese
Variant of Yososumi.

Yost American, Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized spelling of Dutch Joost or German Jost.

Yota Japanese

Yotsui Japanese

Yotsuyanagi Japanese
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]

Yott French (Americanized)
Americanized form of French Huot (which is derived from a diminutive of the Old French personal name Hue).

Yott German (Americanized)
Americanized form of German Jott, a (now very rare) variant of Gott.

You Chinese
From Chinese 尤 (yóu) meaning "especially, particularly".

Youcef Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youcef.

Youcefi Arabic (Maghrebi)
Algerian cognate of Yousfi.

Youens Scottish
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.

Youk Korean
Variant transcription of Yuk.

Younas Urdu
Derived from the given name Yunus.

Younce English (American)

Younes Arabic
Variant transcription of Yunus.

Youness Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
From the given name Yunus.

Youngberg Swedish (Americanized), Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Jewish Jungberg, composed of German jung "young" and berg "mountain, hill", or of Swedish Ljungberg.

Youngblood English
Americanisation of the German surname Jungbluth.

Younger English, 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]

Younghusband English
Combination of Middle English yong ”young” and husbonda ”farmer”.

Youngkin Scottish (?), 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]

Youngling English (American)
Variant of Young.

Youngman English
From Middle English yunge man "young servant", ultimately from Old English geong mann "young man".

Youngs English
Variant of Young.

Youngson English
Means "son of Young".

Younis Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Yunus.

Younus Urdu, Bengali
Derived from the given name Younus.

Yousaf Urdu
From the given name Yousaf.

Yousafzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai). A notable bearer is Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai (1997-).

Yousef Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousefi Persian
From the given name Yousef.

Yousefpour Persian
Means "son of Yousef".

Yousefzadeh Persian
From the given name Yousef and the Persian suffix زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Yousfi Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousif Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousri Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Yousry Arabic
Derived from the given name Yusri.

Youssef Arabic
From the given name Youssef.

Youssefi Persian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
From the given name Youssef.

Youssif Arabic (Egyptian)
Derived from the given name Yusuf.

Youssouf Western African
From the given name Youssouf.

Yousuf Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yousufzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Yousafzai.

Yovanovich Serbian
Anglicised form of Jovanović.

Yovel Hebrew
Means "jubilee" or "anniversary" in Hebrew, usually refers to a 50 years anniversary.

Yovnyi Ukrainian
its from the jewish people of Ukraine it comes from the jewish name Ivri

Yow Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yao or Rao.

Yoyanagi Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 四柳 (see Yotsuyanagi).

Ypi Albanian

Ypsilantis Greek

Yris Spanish (Mexican)

Yrungaray Basque

Yskakov m Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ысқақов (see Iskakov).

Yskakova f Kazakh
Alternate transcription of Kazakh Ысқақова (see Iskakova).

Yu Korean
Korean form of Liu, from Sino-Korean 劉 (yu).

Yuasa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 浅 (asa) meaning "shallow".

Yube Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yubi Japanese

Yubuza Dungan
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from an Arabic name.

Yüce Turkish
Means "exalted, lofty, noble" in Turkish.

Yuce French

Yücel Turkish
Means "lofty, exalted" in Turkish.

Yuchengco Filipino
From the surnames Yu, Cheng, and Ko.

Yucupicio Cahita (Castilianized)
Castilianized form of Yukkupicio.

Yudas Indonesian, Swahili
From the given name Yudas.

Yudenich Belarusian

Yudin Russian
Means "son of Yuda".

Yue Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yu 2.

Yue Chinese
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.

Yueh Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Yue chiefly used in Taiwan.

Yuehua English

Yuengling German
"youngling" or a "young person"

Yuge Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 結解 (see Kekke).

Yugov Russian
Derived from Russian юг (yug) meaning "south".

Yuhanna Judeo-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.

Yuhnomidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

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]

Yuk Korean
From Sino-Korean 陸 (yuk/ryuk) meaning "dry land; land".

Yukawa Japanese
From Japanese 湯 (yu) meaning "hot spring" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream".

Yukhymchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Yukhymenko.

Yukhymenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Yukhym".

Yukida Japanese (Rare)
Combination of Kanji Characters "雪" meaning "Snow", and "田" meaning "Rice Field".

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".

Yukimiya Japanese
From Japanese, 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" combined with 宮 (miya) meaning "temple, shrine, palace".

Yukimori Japanese
Means 'snow forest' from 'yuki' meaning 'snow' and 'mori' meaning 'forest'.

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

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

Yukita Japanese

Yukitō Japanese
From Japanese 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria".

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

Yukiyama Japanese
This surname combines 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se, yuki) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 雪 (setsu, yuki) meaning "snow" or 行 (an, gyou, kou, -i.ki, -iki, i.ku, okona.u, oko.nau, -yu.ki, -yuki, yu.ku) meaning "going, journey" with 山 (san, sen, yama) meaning "mountain."... [more]

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

Yukizome Japanese
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".

Yukkupicio Cahita
It literally means "drizzle".

Yuko Japanese (Rare)

Yüksek Turkish
Means "high, lofty, great, noble" in Turkish.

Yüksel Turkish
Means "increase, rise, ascend" in Turkish.

Yuktanan Thai

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

Yulandi Indonesian

Yuldashev Kyrgyz, Bashkir, Kazakh
Means "son of Yuldash".

Yuldoshev Tajik
Tajik form of Yuldashev.

Yule Medieval 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).

Yuliyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yuliyan".

Yuliyanova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuliyanov.

Yulo Filipino

Yul'skiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Julski.

Yumang Tagalog
From Tagalog umang meaning "snare, trap".

Yumbe Japanese (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.

Yumehara Japanese
From Japanese 夢 (yume) means "dream" and 原 (hara) means "field".

Yumekawa Japanese
Yumekawa means yume (夢) means "dream" and kawa (川) means "river", so this means "dream river".

Yumeno Japanese
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".

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

Yumibe Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

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

Yumori Japanese

Yumul Filipino, Pampangan

Yunbe Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 弓部 (see Yumbe).

Yung Korean

Yung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Weng.

Yung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Rong.

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

Yūnomidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yunomido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

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

Yunusov Uzbek, Bashkir, Tatar, Tajik, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Crimean Tatar, Turkmen
Means "son of Yunus".

Yunyun Nigerian

Yupanqui Quechua (Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Quechua yupanki meaning "accountant".

Yurchak Polish (Anglicized)
Americanized spelling of Polish Jurczak.

Yurchuk Ukrainian
Another form of Yurchenko.

Yurdanidze Kazakh (Rare), Tatar (?), Georgian (?)
Means "son of Yurdan".

Yuriev m Russian
Means “son of Yuri 1".

Yurimoto Japanese

Yurovskiy m Russian, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yurovsky. This was the last name of Yakov Yurovskiy, a notable Bolshevik. He led the execution of the Romanovs.

Yurovsky Russian, Jewish, Polish (Anglicized)
Habitational name from Yurovo, or anglicization of Polish cognate Jurowski.

Yurovskyi Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Jurowski.

Yusa Japanese
From Japanese 遊 (yu) meaning "play" and 佐 (sa) meaning "help, aid".

Yusef Persian, Arabic
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusein Bulgarian
From the given name Yusein.

Yuseinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Yusein".

Yuseinova f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Yuseinov.

Yusfi Indonesian
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yushchenko Ukrainian
Means "child of Yukhym". Viktor Yushchenko was the Ukrainian president from 2005 to 2010, and a major figure in the Orange Revolution.

Yushkin m Russian
Possibly derived from a diminutive of Yuliya/Yulyana.

Yushko Ukrainian, Russian
It is a Ukrainian surname, but it is more common in Russia.

Yusifov Azerbaijani
Means “son of Yusif”.

Yusifova f Azerbaijani
Feminine form of Yusifov.

Yusifzadə Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Yousefzadeh.

Yuson Filipino
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".

Yusov Russian
Derived from Russian юс (yus) meaning "(either little or big) yus".

Yussupov Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupov.

Yussupova Uzbek, Avar, Tajik, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar, Crimean Tatar, Chechen, Jewish
Alternate transcription of Yusupova.

Yusubzhanov m Kyrgyz

Yusuf Arabic, Somali, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Yusuf.

Yusufi Afghan, Tajik, Urdu
Cognate of Yousfi.

Yusufov Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Means "son of Yusuf".

Yusufova Tajik, Uzbek, Dagestani
Feminine transcription of Yusufov.

Yusufzai Pashto
Means "son of Yusuf" in Pashto.

Yusufzay Pashto
Alternate transcription of Pashto يوسفزی (see Yusufzai).

Yuuma Japanese
From the Japanese 遊 (yu) "recreation," "fun" and 馬 (uma, ma or ba) "horse."

Yuumori Japanese

Yuunomidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yūnomidō).

Yuyamido Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidō Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Kumanomidō).

Yuyamidoh Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyamidou Japanese (Rare)
Variant transcription of Japanese Kanji 熊野御堂 (see Yuyamidō).

Yuyan Nanai

Yuyko Belarusian (Rare)

Yuzuki Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree, wood".

Yuzurihara Japanese
Means "the field of the gentle Village". From the Japanese words Yasuri (gentle village) and Hara (plain, field).

Yvanov Ukrainian
Ukrainian form of Ivanov.

Yvenson English
Meaning, "son of Evan" or "son of Ivan."

Yzeiraj Albanian
Means "descendant of Yzeir" in Albanian.

Yzquierdo Spanish
Variant of Izquierdo.