Yelin is a surname. It may refer to:

• Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), Canadian-American multidisciplinary artist
• Barbara Yelin (born 1977), German cartoonist
• Rudolf Yelin (1864-1940), German painter
• Shulamis Yelin (1913-2002), Canadian writer and educator
• Susanne Yelin (born 1968), German physicist