List of biblical names starting with Y explained

See main article: List of biblical names. This page includes a list of biblical proper 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
• Yaakov - Jacob
• Yosef - Joseph^[1]
• Yehezkel - Ezekiel
• Yehoyada - Jehoiada
• Yehu^[1]
• Yeshua - Jesus, a Hebrew Bible form of Joshua^[1]
• Yoab - Joab^[1]
• Yonah - Jonah^[1]
• Yuval - Jubal
• Yehoshua – Joshua
• Yair - Jair

References

• Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971,
• 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,
• Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988,
• Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn.: 2006

Notes and References

1. Book: Ilan, Tal. Tal Ilan

   . Tal Ilan. I: Palestine 330 BCE - 200 CE. Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity. The Name. 1–484. Mohr Siebeck. Tübingen. 2002. 978-3-16-158793-1.