Yardley
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Yeardley
Etymology
From Old English ġerd (“stick, rod”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to yard + -ley (“lea”).
Proper noun
Yardley (countable and uncountable, plural Yardleys)
- A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
- A borough of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- South Yardley
- Yardley Gobion
- Yardley Hastings
- Yardley Wood
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yardley is the 13065th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2350 individuals. Yardley is most common among White (91.83%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yardley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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