Yaren

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yaren by the numbers

Yaren was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Yaren

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yaren. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yarel22 in the US (2017)
  • Yareni17 in the US (2017)
  • Yaran3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yarelyin a ready or nimble manner; adverb form of yare148 in the US (2017)
  • Yanetgod is gracious; variant of Janette6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yaqeencertainty; conviction; assurance16 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Yaren

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