yadavEtymologyTransliteration of Hindi यादव (yādav), Nepali यादव (yādav).yadav means A surname from Sanskrit. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.nameA surname from Sanskrit.nounA member of a grouping of traditionally non-elite, cow headers and peasant-pastoral grazing communities or castes in the Indian Subcontinent.A given (surname) reassembled with Other backward community in union of Indian states.