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In the entire world, Yū (Ю , يو , ユウ ) is quite a common unisex first name. The given name Yū is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Morocco, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely girly name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Egypt, Iraq, and Algeria. More frequently, Yū is the last name as well as the forename.
Yū is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Yū Sonoda , the fictional character from Sakura Trick; Kanda Yū , the Fictional character from D.Gray-man; Yū Ayasaki and Yu Takasaki , the fictional character from Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club.