Yeldham

Y4E1L1D2H4A1M3

proper noun

A surname from Old English.

OriginOld English gield →
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Meanings

proper nounYeldham (plural Yeldhams)

plural Yeldhams

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgield“tax, payment”
  2. EnglishYeldham

Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Yeldham, probably a compound of Old English gield (“tax, payment”) + hām (“homestead”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Hadlyme
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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