Behind the Name
the etymology and history of surnames
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Yakovlev
Usage: Russian
Means "son of Yakov".

Yamada
Usage: Japanese
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From yama meaning "mountain" and ta meaning "rice field" (t changes to d after a vowel).

Yamamoto
Usage: Japanese
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Means "base of the mountain" from yama, meaning "mountain", and moto, meaning "base, origin".

Yanev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yane", Yane being a pet form of Yan.

Yankov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yanko".

Yap
Usage: English
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From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap, meaning "devious, deceitful, bent, shrewd".

Yates
Usage: English, Welsh
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Means "dweller by the gate", "gate keeper" from the Old English word geat meaning "gate". Or denotes a person hailing from Yate (Gloucestershire), England.

Ybarra
Usage: Spanish, Basque
A variant of Ibarra.

Yedlicka
Usage: Czech
Variant of Jedlicka.

Yedlička
Usage: Czech
Variant of Jedlicka.

Yi
Usage: Korean
Extra: Statistics
Variant of Lee (3).

Yong
Usage: English
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Variant of Young.

Yonker
Usage: Dutch
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Americanized form of Jonker.

Yonkers
Usage: Dutch
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Americanized spelling of Jonkers.

Yordanov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Yordan".

York
Usage: English
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From the name of the English city, which probably was derived from a British word meaning "yew tree".

Young
Usage: English
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Derived from the Old English word geong, which means "young". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.

Younge
Usage: English
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Variant of Young.

Yoxall
Usage: English
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Means "from Yoxhall (Staffordshire), England".
Yoxhall itself is derived from the Old English word geoc meaning "yolk (of oxen)" and halh meaning "nook, recess".

Yukimura
Usage: Japanese
Means "snowy village," from yuki "snow" and mura "village".

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