Surnames Starting with Y: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins
16 family names beginning with Y. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.
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YaegerGermany
Someone who hunted game, a huntsman
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YagerGermany
Someone who hunted game, a huntsman
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YaleEngland
A dweller at a corner
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YáñezSpain
Son of Juan
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YarbroughEngland
Earth fort
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YardleyEngland
Spar wood
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YarnellEngland
A dweller at the slope where eagles were seen
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YatesEngland
Gatekeeper, or dweller by a gate
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YeadonEngland
High hill
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YellScotland
Someone who came from Yell (barren)
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YeomanEngland
Freeholder
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YoderSwitzerland
From Theodor, after Saint Joder
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YoreEngland
A dweller near the Yare (babbling river)
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YorkEngland
From the city of York
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YoungEngland
Young (younger son or junior)
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YuleEngland
A dweller near a yew tree
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Every surname can be researched, even if it isn't listed here.
Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.