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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin of the Surname YEO, YEA,
YOE, YOHE.
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From A Dictionary
of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley, 1901.
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YEO, YEA, YOE, YOHE.
A local name meaning "at the
yew," from residence thereby, a West-country name; cf. Box,
Ash, Birch,
Plumptre,
&c. Lower says, 'An ancient Devonshire family. The Yeo is a
small river of that county, a tributary of the Cready, into which it falls near
the town of Crediton. C. S. Gilbert derives the name from Tre-yeo, in the
parish of Lancells, near Stratton, co. Cornwall.—Hist. Cornw. ii.
335.' In some cases this is probably true.
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Reference
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Family
Names Index |
| A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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