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Muslim Girl Names Starting with Y

19 Muslim girl names starting with Y, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Yagmur, Yalina, Yara. Girls and boys together are on the all names with Y page.

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Yagmur, Yalina, Yara, Yasaman
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Arabic spelling, meaning, and the letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading

What is on this page? 19 Muslim girl names starting with Y, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Yagmur, Yalina, Yara. Girls and boys together are on the all names with Y page. Every name links to its full page.

ياغمورYagmurRain ياليناYalinaSoft, gentle, blooming, the tender one who blossoms with grace ياراYaraSmall butterfly, the precious one, modern Arab girls' name یاسمنYasamanJasmine يَاسْمِينYasmeenVariant spelling of Yasmin, jasmine يَاسْمِينYasminJasmine, the flower ياسمينةYasminaJasmine, French/North African girls form يَاسْمِينYasmineJasmine, French and Arab world dominant spelling یکتاYektaYekta, Unique, Turkish/Persian girls name یلدیزYildizYildiz, Star, Turkish girls name يسرىYosraEase يُسْرَىYousraEase, prosperity (Quran 94:5-6) يوكابدYukabidMother of Musa (AS), name preserved via Israʾīliyyāt يمنYumnBlessing, good fortune, Quranic girls name يمنىYumnaBlessed, fortunate, the right-handed one, the woman of divine blessing يوناYunaYuna, Jonah/dove, global girls name يسيرةYusairaYusaira, Ease, feminine Yusr form يُسرYusrYusr, Ease, Quranic 3-letter form يسرىYusraEase, directly Quranic, stated twice

Of the 19 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. YumnaيمنىBlessed, fortunate, the right-handed one, the woman of divine...
  2. YalinaياليناSoft, gentle, blooming, the tender one who blossoms with grace
  3. YusairaيسيرةYusaira, Ease, feminine Yusr form
  4. YunaيوناYuna, Jonah/dove, global girls name
  5. YagmurياغمورRain
  6. YasmeenيَاسْمِينVariant spelling of Yasmin, jasmine

Arabic girl 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.

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 girl 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.

None of the names starting with this letter are Quranic in the strict sense, but each one has been checked for meaning and for the rule against divine-only titles before it was listed.

Browse the full sets: Quranic names, prophet names, angel names.

Muslim boy names starting with Y

Looking for a boy name instead? 31 Muslim boy names start with Y.

Yusufيُوسُف Yahyaيَحْيَى Yunusيُونُس Yamanيمن Yaqubيَعْقُوب Yigitيكيت Yildirimيلديريم Yacoubيَعْقُوب

See all 31 Muslim boy names starting with Y or all 50 names starting with Y.

Questions about Muslim names starting with Y

How many Muslim girl names start with Y?
AsrNaam lists 19 of them. Across boys and girls together the letter Y accounts for 50 researched names, 31 for boys and 19 for girls. Every one has its Arabic spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading.
What Arabic letter does Y correspond to?
One letter only. Every name here is written in Arabic beginning with Ya (ي), so the reading of all 19 of them starts from that letter: its element, its abjad value and the divine name attached to it. The Latin Y is only how the name is transliterated.
Which Muslim girl name starting with Y is most popular?
By what visitors actually search for and open on this site, Yumna, Yalina and Yusaira lead the letter Y. The settled meaning of Yumna is: Blessed, fortunate, the right-handed one, the woman of divine blessing. Popularity is worth knowing, but the tradition weighs meaning first.
Are all names starting with Y Islamic names?
Not automatically. A name becomes Islamic through its meaning and through the absence of any claim on what belongs to God alone, not through its spelling or its first letter. Every name listed here has been checked on both counts.
What is the Ilm ul Huroof reading of a name starting with Y?
Open any name on this page and you will find it: the name broken into its Arabic letters, each letter with its element, its abjad value and the divine name it is associated with, then a reading of the whole. It is a tradition for reflection, not for prediction.

Muslim girl names by other letters

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