The yardley Surname
yardley Name Meaning and History
English (West Midlands): habitational name from any of various
places, for example Yardley in the West Midlands, Essex,
Northamptonshire, etc., or Yarley in Somerset, named with Old English
gerd, gyrd ‘pole’, ‘stick’ + leah ‘wood’,
‘clearing’. The compound apparently referred to a forest where timber
could be gathered.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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