Yavin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yavin by the numbers

Yavin was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Yavin

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 Yavin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yasinswift, quick71 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yaminright hand; auspicious20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yuvin7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yavian5 in the US (2017)
  • Yahirhe will be exalted267 in the US (2017)
  • Yasireasy; wealthy; fluent69 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Yavin

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