List of biblical names starting with Y

Last updated March 30, 2024

This page includes a list of biblicalproper names that start with Y in English transcription. Some of the names are given with a proposed etymological meaning. For further information on the names included on the list, the reader may consult the sources listed below in the References and External Links.

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z

Y

Yahweh
Yakob, Yacob - Jacob
Yasaf - Joseph^[1]
Yehezkel - Ezekiel
Yehoyada - Jehoida
Yehu ^[1]
Yeshua - Jesus, a Hebrew Bible form of Joshua^[1]
Yoab - Joab^[1]
Yonah - Jonah^[1]
Yuval - Jubal
Joshua-Yehoshua(Yahweh is Salvation)
Jair-Yair

References

1 2 3 4 5 Ilan, Tal (2002). "The Name". Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity (PDF). Vol. I: Palestine 330 BCE - 200 CE. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 1–484. ISBN 978-3-16-158793-1.

Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn.: 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4

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[Lexicon-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Ilan, Tal (2002). "The Name". Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity (PDF). Vol. I: Palestine 330 BCE - 200 CE. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. pp. 1–484. ISBN 978-3-16-158793-1.

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