Given name & surname
Yaffa
“a beautiful woman”
Yaffa is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Jewish use, Yaffa is used as a variant of Jaffe.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yaffa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 463
- 0 boys · 463 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,548 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,548 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 as a first name in 2020; 123 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yaffa’s family of names
Yaffa has a related form in Yafit. Yaffa has a related form in Jaffe. Yaffa has a related form in Yafeal.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Yaffa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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