Yearsley
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Eofor, a byname from eofor (“wild boar”), + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) .
Proper noun edit
Yearsley (countable and uncountable, plural Yearsleys)
- A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5874).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yearsley is the 32302nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Yearsley is most common among White (94.95%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yearsley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms suffixed with -leigh
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English