[ g i r l s ] Yachne : YAK-nee : hebrew "gracious" Yarmilla : YAHR-mil-lah : slavic "merchant" Yasmin : YAHZ-meen : arabic "jasmine" Yenene : yeh-NAY-neh : miwok indian "wizard poisoning a sleeping person" Yesmina : yez-MEE-nah : hebrew "right hand" or "strength" Yeva : YEH-vah : russian "life-giving" Yoko : YOH-koh : japanese "positive child" or "female" Yolanda : YOH-lahn-dah : latin "violet flower" Yonina : YOH-nee-nah : hebrew "dove" Yoshi : YOH-shee : japanese "the good, respectful" Yovela : YOH-vel-ah : hebrew "rejoicing" Yvonne : EE-von : old french "archer" [ b o y s ] Yakecan : YAH-keh-shen : dene indian "sky" or "song" Yale : YAYL : german "one who pays or produces" Yardleyu : YARD-lee : english "from the enclosed meadow" Yarin : yah-REEN : hebrew "to understand" Yerik : YAY-rik : russian "appointed by god" Yervant : yehr-VAHNT : armenian - name of an armenian king York : YOHRK : celtic "from the farm of yew trees"