Dog Names Starting With Y

Still need a name for your pup? Here's a list of dog names beginning with Y.

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Ya
Meaning: graceful
Yack
Meaning: noisy talk
Yafeu
Meaning: Bold
Yago
Meaning: God's gift of grace.
Yamato
Meaning: great harmony
Yamila
Meaning: Beautiful, noble, princess.
Yammy
Meaning: Cute and bubbly.
Yana
Meaning: God is gracious
Yanamarie
Meaning: Spanish for bitter death
Yasmine
Meaning: Jasmine Flower
Yasti
Meaning: slim—for those pups on the thinner side!
Yasu
Meaning: Peace
Yasuko
Meaning: child of peace
Yasushi
Meaning: peaceful
Yawen
Meaning: graceful clouds
Yeager
Meaning: In 1947, General Chuck Yeager, then a test pilot, became the first man to officially break the sound barrier.
Yeats
Meaning: Loves to eat.
Yedda
Meaning: Contending battle
Yemina
Meaning: God is gracious.
Yeti
Meaning: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
Yin Yang
Meaning: Two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive (yang)"
Yingzie
Meaning: heroic
Yoda
Meaning: A jedi master in the star wars universe.
Yoga
Meaning: Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline
Yogi
Meaning: One who performs yoga
Yogurt
Meaning: a custard-like food made from curdled milk
Yoko
Meaning: Child of sunlight
Yolanda
Meaning: Violet Flower
Yolo
Meaning: You lonely live once
Yomaris
Meaning: Gift of God's grace.
Yondu
Meaning: Ravager of justice
Yongrui
Meaning: Forever lucky
Yori
Meaning: trust
Yosefa
Meaning: God Will Increase
Yoshi
Meaning: Lucky / righteous
Yoshie
Meaning: beautiful stream
Yoshiko
Meaning: child of goodness
Yoshio
Meaning: joyful life
Yoshiro
Meaning: righteous son
Yoshito
Meaning: ceremonial, correct person
Youta
Meaning: great sunlight
Yrsa
Meaning: She-bear
Yua
Meaning: binding love
Yue
Meaning: Moon
Yui
Meaning: bind clothing
Yuichi
Meaning: heroic first son
Yuina
Meaning: bind together
Yuji
Meaning: heroic second son
Yuka
Meaning: gentle flower
Yukari
Meaning: beautiful pear tree
Yuki
Meaning: Happiness / snow
Yukiko
Meaning: child of snow / child of happiness
Yukio
Meaning: blessed hero
Yuko
Meaning: Gentle child
Yukon
Meaning: a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s
Yumi
Meaning: Reason beautiful
Yumiko
Meaning: reason beautiful child
Yuming
Meaning: Bright jade
Yuna
Meaning: Kindness
Yuri
Meaning: Lily
Yuriko
Meaning: lily child
Yuuna
Meaning: gentle
Yuvati
Meaning: Young woman
Yuze
Meaning: friend
Yves
Meaning: Yew
Yvette
Meaning: Yew
Yvonne
Meaning: Yew