This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is English or American.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Yelm m EnglishA modification of the native word
Shelm applied to the shimmering heat waves which arose from the earth when the summer sun shone hot.
Yenda'Me f English (American)Form of Norwegian "Janta min". (Sometimes said as Jenta Mi) Means "Girl Mine" in Norwegian. It (The Norwegian version) was the pet name for the character "Selma" in the 1945 film "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes"
Yohance m African American (Rare), Hausa (?)Used by American comedian, writer and civil rights activist Dick Gregory for his son born 1973. According to a 1973 issue of
Jet magazine, Gregory and his wife Lillian found the name in a book called
Names from Africa, and Yohance 'means "God's gift" in the Hausa language of Nigeria.'
Yola f EnglishPossibly a phonetic spelling of the Welsh name
Iola, which is pronounced "YO-lah".
Yootha f EnglishPossibly means "joy" in an Australian Aborigine language. A well known bearer of this name was the British actress Yootha Joyce (1927-1980), star of the British sitcom "George and Mildred".
Yoruba f & m African American (Modern)It could be derived from the Yoruba word
Ori Obba "the Head King". This is the name of a West African ethnic group mainly inhabits parts of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo. Yoruba Richen (1972- ) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Ypres m English (Rare)From the name of the town and municipality in Belgium's West Flanders province (see
Ieper), the name first used and peaked during the Battles of Ypres in 1914 and 1915.
Yula f English (Rare)Variant of
Eula or a feminine form of
Yul and
Yule (the latter of the two, as evidence shows, was used as a given name in the Middle Ages).... [
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Yule m EnglishTransferred use of the surname
Yule, given 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).
Yurem m American (Hispanic, Modern, Rare)Usage of this name in the late 2000s likely comes from Yurem Rojas, who was the winner of the reality TV show '
Buscando a Timbiriche, La Nueva Banda'.
Zaddock m English (Rare)(Anglicized) variant of
Zadok. A bearer of the variant
Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
Zadie f EnglishVariant of
Sadie. A known bearer of this name is British author Zadie Smith (1975-), who was born Sadie Smith.
Zaniah f Astronomy, English (Rare)Presumably derived from Arabic زاوية
(zāwiyah) "corner" (though Alhazen claimed that this word meant "harlot"). This was the medieval name for Eta Virginis, a star in the constellation Virgo.
Zara m & f Biblical Greek, English (Rare)The Biblical Greek form of Hebrew
Zerah, meaning "dawn, dawning, shining, rising of the sun," derived from the Hebrew verb זרח (zarah) "to arise, to shine, to break out"... [
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Zayon m AmericanZayon was originally coined in 1999 by a Mr.Bailey. Zayon is commonly used to name children with a higher failure rate in simple tasks like reading, reasoning, problem solving, leadership and many more... [
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Zeal m & f EnglishFound in occasional use as a given name from 17th century onwards, Zeal is part virtue name and part a transfer of the English surname.... [
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Zeal-for-god m English (Puritan)A name used in reference to Romans 10:2, "For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."