Yarbrough

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English eorþe →
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Meanings

proper nounYarbrough (plural Yarbroughs)

plural Yarbroughs

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Englisheorþe“earth”
  2. EnglishYarbrough

Habitational surname, from Yarborough and Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, from a compound of Old English eorþe (“earth”) + burh (“stronghold”).

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APA

Yarbrough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarbrough

MLA

“Yarbrough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarbrough. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yarbrough,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yarbrough.

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