Is this your surname? Why not share this page on Facebook

Surname Etymology and Meaning of YEO

New! Discuss the origin and etymology of YEO at the British Surnames Forum - contribute your own knowledge and information about where YEO comes from.

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English (chiefly Devon and Somerset): habitational name from any of several minor places in Somerset and Devon named with southwestern Middle English ya or yo (Old English ea ‘stream’, ‘river’, the same word as found in Nye, Rye, and Tye).
2. Korean: variant of Yoh.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)