Yobany

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yobany by the numbers

Yobany was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Yobany

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

  • Yobani13 in the US (2017)
  • Yovany8 in the US (2017)
  • Yohangod is gracious; a form of John15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yohanngod is gracious; a form of Johann16 in the US (2017)
  • Yovangod is gracious; a form of John6 in the US (2017)
  • Yovani38 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yobany

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