Origin and popularity of the name YALE
Origin
Yale : Welsh (Shropshire and Staffordshire): habitational name from Yale in the lordship of Bromham and Yale (Denbighshire) itself from Welsh iâl apparently meaning ‘unproductive land wasteland wilderness’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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