7 traditional Jewish baby names beginning with the letter Y.
“Holder of the heel; Supplanter”
Biblical patriarch Jacob
“Little Jacob; Supplanter”
The quintessential Yiddish everyman name
“Noble; Gentle”
Iconic name in Yiddish culture, famous matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof
“Noble; Gentle”
Diminutive of Yente, made famous by the Barbra Streisand film
“He will laugh”
Biblical patriarch Isaac
“God will add”
Yiddish diminutive of Yosef (Joseph)
“Praise; Jew”
Yiddish diminutive of Yehuda (Judah)