Supplanter; 'holder of the heel' or 'one who follows'
Arabic
Boy
he will laugh; laughter
Hebrew
Boy
Born on Thursday (female day name)
Akan
Girl
Derived from Hebrew יִצְחָק (Yitzchak), meaning "he will laugh" or "he will rejoice".
Hebrew
Boy
From Hebrew yāvēsh meaning "dry" or "dryness"
Hebrew
Boy
Diminutive of Yitzhak (Isaac), derived from Hebrew meaning "he will laugh" or "laughter".
Hebrew
Boy
Unclear - not well documented; no reliable, widely accepted translation found
Girl
He will laugh; laughter
Hebrew
Boy
hyacinth (the flower)
Spanish
Girl
Meaning depends on the Chinese characters used; commonly a combination of 'Yi' (e.g., joy, appropriate, righteous) and 'Xuan' (e.g., bright, lofty, jade, declare).
Chinese
Unisex
beloved; friend; capable
Arabic
Girl
to shine; brightness, radiance
Hebrew
Boy
A compound name with multiple possible meanings depending on origin: Japanese 'Yae' (八重) = 'multi‑layered/double'; Korean 'Yae' (애) can mean 'love/affection' depending on hanja and 'Lee/Li' is a common surname/element (李 'plum'); as a Hebrew-like form (Yaeli) it relates to 'ibex/mountain goat'.
Hebrew, Japanese, Korean
Girl
Torch, light; shining or bright one
Italian
Girl
Mountain goat (ibex)
Hebrew
Girl
Possibly “God has answered” (Hebrew) or “bright/sun” (Greek/Latin)
French
Girl
enlarged; may God enlarge
Hebrew
Boy
Generally associated with 'light' or 'bright' (from Helena) or 'noble/beautiful' (from Alina)
Girl
beautiful
Hebrew
Girl
star (often rendered as "little star" or "star-like")
Albanian
Girl
Likely 'may He enlarge' or 'enlarged' (Biblical). A similarly spelled modern Hebrew name Yafit means 'beautiful'.
Hebrew
Boy
Derived from Helen - 'light', 'torch', 'bright'.
Girl
hunter; huntsman
German
Boy
Supplanter; "he grasps the heel"
Hebrew
Boy
Supplanter; 'holder of the heel' (from Hebrew Ya'akov)
Hebrew
Boy
He will enlighten; brings light
Hebrew
Boy
Derived from Yngvi (a theonym/ancestor name) + hildr 'battle' - roughly 'Yngvi's battle' or 'battle of Yngvi'.
Norse
Girl
Supplanter
Boy
Certainty, conviction; surety
Arabic
Boy
From Old Norse Yngvi (a name/epithet of the god Freyr/Ing) - meaning 'of Yngvi' or 'descendant/protected by Ing'.
Norse, Scandinavian
Boy
Supplanter; "holder of the heel"
Hebrew
Boy
Varies by hanja (Chinese characters); no single fixed meaning - meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Korean
Boy
Supplanter; one who grasps the heel
Hebrew
Boy
God is gracious
Hebrew
Boy
Supplanter; 'holder of the heel' or 'one who follows at the heel'.
Hebrew
Boy
God (Yahweh) is gracious
Breton, French
Boy
Supplanter; 'holder of the heel'
Hebrew
Boy
Yahweh is father (God is father)
Hebrew
Boy
Supplanter; 'holder of the heel' or 'heel-grabber'
Arabic
Boy
Toponymic name derived from the Yobe region/river
Boy
heel; supplanter
Hebrew
Boy
Possible meanings: Japanese: “day of the week” (from yōbi); Yoruba-derived: related to Ayo- names meaning “joy/joy has come”; occasionally treated as a variant of Job (biblical)
Unisex
Holder of the heel; supplanter
Hebrew
Boy
If from Joseph: "God will increase"; if from Job: "persecuted" - typically used as a diminutive rather than a distinct lexical meaning
Boy
Compound of Yakup (Turkic form of Jacob) + -jan (Persian/Turkic term of endearment) - 'beloved Yakup' / 'dear Jacob'.
Boy
Yahweh is gracious (God is gracious)
Hebrew
Boy
son of Yakup (Yakup = regional form of Jacob, often glossed as 'supplanter')
