South American Names

Yénnifer f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Jennifer.

Yenny f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish variant of Jenny.

Yesenia f Spanish (Latin American)
From Jessenia, the genus name of a variety of palm trees found in South America. As a given name, it was popularized by the writer Yolanda Vargas Dulché in the 1970 Mexican telenovela Yesenia and the 1971 film adaptation.

Yésica f Spanish
Spanish form of Jessica.

Yessenia f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Yesenia.

Yéssica f Spanish
Spanish form of Jessica.

Ylenia f Italian, Spanish (Modern)
Variant of Ilenia.

Yoel m Hebrew, Spanish, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Joel, as well as a Spanish variant.

Yolanda f Spanish, English
From the medieval French name Yolande, which was probably a form of the name Violante, which was itself a derivative of Latin viola "violet". Alternatively it could be of Germanic origin.... [more]

Yoselin f Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish form of Jocelyn.

Ysabel f Spanish (Archaic)
Medieval Spanish form of Isabel.

Yuraq m & f Quechua
Means "white" in Quechua.

Zacarías m Spanish
Spanish form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zacarias m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zaida f Arabic (Rare), Spanish
Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of (and perhaps married) Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the 11th century.

Zaira f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zaïre. It was used by Vincenzo Bellini for the heroine of his opera Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre.

Zaray f Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Zé m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of José.

Zeferino m Portuguese
Portuguese form of the Roman name Zephyrinus, which was derived from the Greek Zephyros (see Zephyr). Saint Zephyrinus was a 3rd-century pope.

Zé Manel m Portuguese
Diminutive of José Manuel.

Zé Maria m Portuguese
Diminutive of José Maria.

Zezé m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of José.

Zita 1 f Italian, Portuguese, German, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian. This was the name of a 13th-century saint, the patron saint of servants.

Zoe f English, Italian, Spanish, German, Czech, Ancient Greek
Means "life" in Greek. From early times it was adopted by Hellenized Jews as a translation of Eve. It was borne by two early Christian saints, one martyred under Emperor Hadrian, the other martyred under Diocletian. The name was common in the Byzantine Empire, being borne by a ruling empress of the 11th century.... [more]

Zoila f Spanish
Spanish feminine form of Zoilus.

Zoilo m Spanish
Spanish form of Zoilus.

Zoraida f Spanish
Perhaps means "enchanting" or "dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by Cervantes for a character in his novel Don Quixote (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.

Zuleima f Spanish
Variant of Zulema.

Zulema f Spanish
Possibly a Spanish feminine form of Sulayman.