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Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Yager		German	huntsman
Yale		Locality	From a lordship of the same name in Wales.
Yare		Saxon	Ready, dexterous, eager
Yarrow			A plant; the millfoil, or plant of a thousand leaves.
Yates			An old word for Gate
Yeoman			A man free-born
Yett			A gate, a way, a passage
York		Locality	A city in England
Young		English	Surname for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name
Younghusband			social relation
Younglove			Given on account of his age, and tender affection.
Yule		Saxon	Christmas

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