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)

1. A suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP124538).
2. A borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. 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 13065^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.