Selected Mottoes (with Translations): "X-Y-Z" Surnames
| Family Name | Original Language (Usually Latin or Old French) | English Translation (if needed) |
| Yabsley | Industria et spe | With industry and hope |
| Yaldwyn | Moriendo vivo | In dying I live |
| Yarborough | Vincit amor patriae | The love of country prevails |
| Yarborough | Non est sine pulvere palma | There is no palm without wrestling for it |
| Yarborough | Non sine pulvere palma | The palm not won without wrestling for it |
| Yarde | Facta non verbe | Deeds, not words |
| Yarker | La fin couronne les oeuvres | The end crowns the works |
| Yate | Quod virtus vocat | Where virtue calls |
| Yates | Usque ad aras | Even to the altar |
| Yates | Legale judicium parium | The legal judgment of my peers |
| Yates | Soyez fidel | Be faithful |
| Yea | Esto semper fidelis | Be ever faithful |
| Yeldham | Fides culpari metuens | Fidelity fearful of blame |
| Yeoman | ---- | Shoot thus |
| Yester | ---- | Spare nought |
| Yonge | Qualis vita finis ita | As is our life, so is our end |
| York(e) | Nec cupias, nec metuas | Neither desire nor fear |
| Youl | Per vim et virtutem | By strength and valour |
| Young | ---- | Be right and persist |
| Young | Humani nihil alienum | Nothing concerning man is indifferent to me |
| Young | Potius ingenio quam vi | Rather by skill than by force |
| Young | ---- | Press through |
| Young | Toujours jeune | Always young |
| Young | Vitoria, foritudo, virtus | Victory, fortitude, virtue |
| Younge | At servata fides perfectus amorque ditabunt | But faith kept, and perfect love will enrich |
| Younge | Et servata fides perfectas amorque ditabunt | Both tried faith and perfect love will enrich |
| Younge | Fortitudine et prudentia | By fortitude and prudence |
| Yule | Numine et virtute | By God's providence and by virtue |
| Zachary | Virtus per se | Virtue by itself |
| Zeal | Mora trahit periculum | Delay causes danger |
| Zephani | Miserrima vidi ---- Seuto divino | I have seen most miserable things |
| Zetland | Essayez | Try |
| Zornlin | Fais bien, crain rien | Do well, fear nothing |
| Zouch | Prevalet virtus | Virtue prevails |
| Zouch | ---- | Let Curson holde what Curson helde |
| Sources: Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland (1993, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc.) and The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke (1996, Heritage Books: Bowie MD) | ||
