Surname · also Middle English
Yapp
“deceitful, shrewd”
Yapp is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Old English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yapp goes back to Middle English yap, meaning “deceitful, shrewd.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Yapp comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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