Yacine
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ya-SEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
Yacine is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Arabic letters ya and sin”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Yacine mean?
Arabic: French spelling of Yasin, common in North Africa
“the Arabic letters ya and sin”
From Ya-Sin, the 36th chapter of the Quran, which opens with these two Arabic letters.
Is Yacine a girl's or a boy's name?
Yacine is a boys' name.
How popular is Yacine in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yacine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yacine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Yacine in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Yacine in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yacine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
Names like Yacine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Yacine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yacine, updated 20 October 2026.