64%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Hinduism Scripts यम(Sanskrit) Meaning & History Means "twin" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu god of death. According to the Vedas he was the first mortal being, or in other words, the first person to die. This name is related to Persian Jam. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootyamaFeminine FormYamiOther Languages & CulturesYama(Pashto) Jam, Yima(Persian Mythology) Cem(Turkish) Same SpellingYama 2User SubmissionYama Categories death deities, first humans, gods, Hinduism, Megami Tensei characters, One Piece characters, psychopomps, siblings, twins
