Given name & surname
Yanko
“God is gracious”
Yanko is a form of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Bulgarian use, Yanko carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Yanko is a form of Yan. In Hebrew use, Yan carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Bulgarian.
How it developed
Yanko is used as a form of Yan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 197 as a first name in 2020; 576 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.
Yanko’s family of names
Yanko is a form of Yan. In German usage, Yanko has a related form in Johannes. In English usage, Yanko has a related form in Janko.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yanko
- Yanko RusevBulgarian weightlifterborn 1958
- Yanko Daucikfootballer (1941-2017)
- Yanko BratanovBulgarian athletics competitorborn 1952
- Janko KonstantinovMacedonian architect and artist (1926-2010)
- Yanko ValkanovBulgarian footballerborn 1982
- Yanko SakazovBulgarian politician1860–1941
- Yanko GeorgievBulgarian footballerborn 1988
- Yanko KirilovBulgarian association football playerborn 1946
- Yanko AngelovBulgarian footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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