# Yadav

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,434

## Definitions
1. A member of a grouping of traditionally non-elite, cow headers and peasant-pastoral grazing communities or castes in the Indian Subcontinent.
2. A given (surname) reassembled with Other backward community in union of Indian states.

## Etymology
Transliteration of Hindi यादव (yādav), Nepali यादव (yādav).

## Easily confused with
- **Yoda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yadav-vs-yoda)
- **yaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yadav-vs-yaya)
- **Yama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yadav-vs-yama)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aydav`, `yaadv`, `yadavv`, `yaddav`, `yadva`, `ydaav`, `yyadav`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yadav