Muslim Boy Names Starting with Y

Most looked-up Muslim boy names starting with Y

Of the 31 names on this page, these are the ones people open most often on AsrNaam. The figures come from our own Search Console data, not from a guess at what is fashionable.

1. YusufيُوسُفThe prophet Joseph
2. YahyaيَحْيَىHe lives
3. YunusيُونُسThe prophet Jonah
4. YamanيمنYemen, blessing, the Prophet said: faith is Yemeni and wisdom...
5. YaqubيَعْقُوبJacob
6. YigitيكيتYouth, valiant, Turkish boys name
7. YildirimيلديريمLightning

Arabic boy names beginning with Y

The English letter Y has no Arabic counterpart of its own. Every name on this page is written in Arabic beginning with Ya, and it is that letter, not the Latin Y, that carries the reading in the Science of Letters.

• يYa opens 31 of them, among them Yusuf, Yahya, Yunus.

Each letter above links to its full reading: sound, abjad value, element, and the divine name it is associated with. See all twenty-eight letters.

Islamic boy names beginning with Y

Islamic tradition asks two things of a name: that its meaning be good, and that it not claim for a child what belongs to God alone. Every name listed on this page is checked against both, which is why a pleasant-sounding name with an unhappy meaning does not appear here.

4 of them appear in the Quran or are borne by a figure named in it.

Yusufيُوسُف Yahyaيَحْيَى Yunusيُونُس Yaqubيَعْقُوب

4 belong to prophets and their households.

Yusufيُوسُف Yahyaيَحْيَى Yunusيُونُس Yaqubيَعْقُوب

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Muslim girl names starting with Y

Looking for a girl name instead? 19 Muslim girl names start with Y.

Yumnaيمنى Yalinaيالينا Yusairaيسيرة Yunaيونا Yagmurياغمور Yasmeenيَاسْمِين Yaraيارا Yasamanیاسمن

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Muslim boy names by other letters

Every letter has its own page, with the same meanings, Arabic spellings and readings.