Yeldham

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Yeldham, probably a compound of Old English gield (“tax, payment”) + hām (“homestead”).

Proper noun

Yeldham (plural Yeldhams)

1. A surname from Old English.

Related terms

• Great Yeldham
• Little Yeldham

 

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Yeldham is the 17040^th most common surname in England, belonging to 289 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yeldham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.