| Hebrew Name | Meaning or History | Gender |
Yaari (Ya'ari)
יַעֲרִי | The name "Yaari" is derived from the word "ya'ar" (יער, forest). |  |
Yaarit (Ya'arit)
יַעֲרִית | The meaning of the name "Yaarit" is "a piece of honeycomb". |  |
Yafa
יָפָה | Beautiful, pretty. | |
Yafit
יָפִית | The name "Yafit" is derived of the verb "יָפָה" (yafa, "be beautiful"). From the Song of Solomon: "How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!" (Song of Solomon 7, 6; verse 7 in the Hebrew version of the Bible). | |
Yagil
יָגִיל | The meaning of "יגיל" (yagil) is: (he) will rejoice. | |
Yahel
יָהֵל | (He) will shine. | |
Yaheli
יָהֵלִי | The name "יָהֵלִי" may be derived of the verb "יָהֵל" (yahel, "he shines"). The book of Job says: "If I beheld the sun when it shined (yahel), or the moon walking in brightness" (Job 31, 26). | |
Yaira (Ya'ira)
יָאִירָה | The name "Yaira" is derived from the name "Yair", which means "(he) will illuminate". | |
Yakir (Yakkir)
יַקִּיר | Dear, Loved, respected. | |
Yakira (Yakkira)
יַקִּירָה | Dear, Loved, respected. | |
Yam
יָם | Sea, ocean. | |
Yamit (Yammit)
יַמִּית | The name "Yamit" is derived from the word "yam" (ים, sea). | |
Yanai (Yannai, Jannai)
יַנַּאי | Alexander Jannaeus (Yanai) was the king of Judah (103-76 B.C.E) at the time of the Second Temple. He belonged to the Hasmonean dynasty. | |
Yanetz (Yanets)
יָנֵץ | The meaning of the name "Yanetz" is "(he) will shine", "(he) will rise". | |
Yanir
יָנִיר | The meaning of the name "Yanir" is "(he) will plough (the field)". | |
Yaniv
יָנִיב | The meaning of "יניב" (Yaniv) is: (he) will bear fruit, yield, produce. The future tense masculine singular form of the verb להניב (lehaniv). | |
Yardena
יַרְדֵּנָה | The name is composed of the name of the Jordan river and the final letter ה which denotes a direction. The meaning of the name is: “to Jordan”, as attested in the verse: "And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here, for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan." 2 Kings 2, 6 | |
Yarin
יָרִין | The name "Yarin" may be related to the verbs "יָרֹן" (yaron: he will sing joyfully) and "יַרְנִין" (yarnin: he will cause someone to sing and be joyful). | |
Yaron
יָרוֹן | The meaning of "ירֹן" (Yaron) is: (he) will sing, utter joyful sounds. The future tense masculine singular form of the verb לָרֹן (laron). | |
Yasmin
יַסְמִין | Jasmine. | |
Yeela (Ye'ela)
יְעֵלָה | The female of the יעל (yael, a kind of a mountain goat). | |
Yehiav (Yechiav, Yechi'av)
יְחִיאָב | The meaning of the name "Yehiav" is "may father (אב, av) live (יחי, yechi)" or "father shall live". | |
Yifat (Yif'at)
יִפְעַת | יפעת (yif'at) is the construct state (סמיכות) form of the noun יפעָה (yif'a, "beauty"). | |
Yigael (Igael, Yiggael, Yiga'el)
יִגָּאֵל (ייגאל) | The meaning of "יִגָּאֵל" (yigael) is: (he) will be liberated. | |
Yigal (Igal, Yig'al)
יִגְאָל | In modern Hebrew, the name "יגאָל" sounds just like the verb "יגאַל" (the future tense masculine singular form of the verb לגאול [lig'ol]), which means: (he) will liberate. | |
Yinon (Yinnon)
יִנּוֹן | The verb "yinnon" (perhaps meaning "shall continue") appears in the Bible in reference to the ideal king: "His name shall endure for ever, his name shall be continued as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him, all nations shall call him blessed" (Psalms 72, 17). Later on, "Yinnon" became one of the Messiah's epithets. | |
Yizhar
יִזְהָר | The name maybe derived of the word זֹהַר (zohar, "light", "brilliance", "glow"). | |
Yochai (Yohai)
יוֹחַאי | Yochai is the father of Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai, one of the Tannaim. | |
Yoela (Yo'ela)
יוֹאֵלָה | The name "Yoela" is derived from the name "Yoel". | |
Yogev
יוֹגֵב | Farmer. | |
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