Yar

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled ইয়ার in IN India, BD Bangladesh, Yâr in LB Lebanon, Yär in DZ Algeria and Yãr in TN Tunisia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Yar is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name15K records spelled Yar3 spellings in the group

  Also written Yār, Yâr

• a separate name15K records spelled Yar6 spellings in the group

  Also written Yär, Yår, Ýar

• English given name7.5K records spelled Yar24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Yaer, Ÿär, Yãr, Ýar, Yàr

• Burmese surname5.6K records spelled Yar69 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma)

  Also written Ýãř, Ÿãř, Ýâř, Ÿâř, Ýàř

• Spanish name3.0K records spelled Yar13 spellings in the group

  Also written Yār, Ýâř, Yãr, Yär, Ÿãr

• Pashto given name2.1K records spelled Yar7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Afghanistan

  Languages: Pashto, Persian

  Also written Yār, Ÿår

• French surname1.7K records spelled Yar12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Yár, Yãr, Ýâř, Ÿar, Yàr

• Chinese surname1.1K records spelled Yar2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in China

  Also written Ya-R

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Yar is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Kurdish, Friend, beloved, companion of the soul, one held dear

  as a word·kurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary

• In kls, friend

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In enm, alternative form of þeir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, cliff, scarp, precipice

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Azerbaijani, beloved, sweetheart

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, To snarl; to gnar.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 121 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mesut Yarb. 1967TRTurkish journalist (born 1967)
• Mirza Ali Yar Begb. 1970PKbadminton player
• Lucia Yarb. 1987SKSlovak political analyst, expert on the European Union and international security
• Majid YarGBresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-5680-3801

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 366 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yar?

We estimate roughly 268 people bear Yar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Yar have the most bearers?

Yar is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled yar.

What does the name Yar mean?

Recorded meaning: poule ; personne méchante et rusée