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Early Origins of the Yelle family

The surname Yelle was first found in Lancashire at Yealand. [1] [2] "Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne are two townships in the parish of Warton, Lancashire Yealand Hall still remains." [3]

While the name originates in Lancashire, we must look to Devon and Northumberland to find the first entries in early rolls. There we found John de la Yaldelonde in Devon and William de Yelaund in Northumberland in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273. [3] Back in Lancashire, Adam de Yelland was warden of the Honor of Lancaster, 13 Henry III (during the thirteenth year of the reign of Henry III.) [4]

Later the Howdenshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included an entry for Willelmus de Yeland. [3]

Early History of the Yelle family

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Yelle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yeland, Yelland, Yeoland, Yalland, Yolland, Yealand, Yelaund, Yellen and many more.

Early Notables of the Yelle family

Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Yalden (Youlding) (1670-1736), English poet, son of John Yalden, 'a page of the presence and groom of the chamber to Prince Charles, afterwards a sufferer for his cause, and an exciseman in Oxford after the restoration of King Charles II'. He was born in the parish of St. John Baptist, Oxford, on 2 Jan. 1669, and educated at Magdalen College school while he was a chorister of that house. He matriculated on 20 May...
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Yelle Ranking

In the United States, the name Yelle is the 18,374th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [5]

Migration of the Yelle family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Yelle (post 1700) +

  • Archie Joseph Yelle (1892-1983), American right-handed baseball catcher
  • Paul Yelle (b. 1964), Barbadian swimmer who competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics
  • Stéphane Yelle (b. 1974), former Canadian professional ice hockey centre


  1. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  2. Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.
  3. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  4. Baines Thomas & William Fairbairn, Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present History of Counties London: William MacKenzie, 1867, Digital, 4 vols
  5. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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