Given name & surname

Yarbrough

“earth”

Yarbrough is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Yarbrough goes back to Old English eorþe, meaning “earth.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Yarbrough comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English eorþe (“earth”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Yarbrough, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Yarmouth

“mouth”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Yarnton

“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Welsh

Yarwood

“eagle”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bilbrough

“stronghold, fortress”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Yaxley

“cuckoo”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Chesbrough

“gravel”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Allbrook

“alder”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Brough

“fortified place”

No U.S. birth series

71% boys · 29% girls

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