Here is a list of Spanish names that start with Y. The page includes Spanish names for boys and girls from different eras, as well as last names.
The list is divided into several sections. Most modern and traditional names and surnames are drawn from the official statistics of Spain’s National Institute of Statistics. Modern names are those popular today, while traditional names were popular throughout the 1900s. Some names appear in both eras.
All of the names also appear in my Random Spanish Name Generator.
- Traditional Male Spanish Names that Start with Y
- Modern Male Spanish Names that Start with Y
- Traditional Female Spanish Names that Start with Y
- Modern Female Spanish Names that Start with Y
- Spanish Last Names that Start with Y
- Why Are Spanish Names Beginning with Y So Rare?
As the modern names come from official statistics, not all of them are “ethnically” Spanish. However, I decided to keep the statistics as they are instead of filtering out names with different backgrounds.
Traditional Spanish Boy Names from the 1900s – Letter Y
- Yago
- Yassin
- Yassine
- Yerai
- Yeray
- Yoel
- Yonatan
- Younes
- Youness
- Youssef
Common Spanish Feminine Names That Start with Y
- Yael
- Yago
- Yahya
- Yasin
- Yasser
- Yassin
- Yassine
- Yassir
- Yerai
- Yeray
- Yoel
- Younes
- Yousef
- Youssef
Old Spanish Feminine Names That Start with Y
- Yaiza
- Yamina
- Yanira
- Yara
- Yasmin
- Yasmina
- Yesica
- Yessica
- Ylenia
- Yoana
- Yolanda
- Yolanda Maria
- Yousra
- Yurena
Modern Spanish Girl Names That Start with Y
- Yadira
- Yaiza
- Yanira
- Yara
- Yasmin
- Yasmina
- Yasmine
- Ylenia
- Yolanda
- Yousra
- Yumara
- Yurena
Spanish Family Names Starting with Y
- Yague
- Yang
- Yañez
- Ye
- Yuste
Why Are Spanish Names Beginning with Y So Rare?
Spanish names beginning with Y are rare mainly because the letter has had a limited role in traditional Spanish. Historically, many sounds now written with Y were either written with I in older texts or were simply uncommon at the start of native Spanish words.
Most Y-names seen today come from specific sources: regional names (such as Canary Islands names like Yaiza or Yeray), biblical or Hebrew influence (Yael, Yonatan), Arabic influence through immigration (Yassin, Youssef), or modern international trends (Ylenia, Yara).
As a result, the overall number of Spanish names beginning with Y has remained small.
About This List
I have made similar lists of Spanish names for all the letters of the alphabet from A to Z:
- Names that Start with A
- Names that Start with B
- Names that Start with C
- Names that Start with D
- Names that Start with E
- Names that Start with F
- Names that Start with G
- Names that Start with H
- Names that Start with I
- Names that Start with J
- Names that Start with K
- Names that Start with L
- Names that Start with M
- Names that Start with N
- Names that Start with O
- Names that Start with P
- Names that Start with Q
- Names that Start with R
- Names that Start with S
- Names that Start with T
- Names that Start with U
- Names that Start with V
- Names that Start with W
- Names that Start with X
- Names that Start with Y
- Names that Start with Z
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My website, Arimo Travels, mostly focuses on sustainable travel, although I do write about other topics related to cultures and randomness as well. Besides a random Spanish name generator, I have also created almost 100 other random generators, including a random Spanish city generator.