Given name & surname

Yarmouth

“mouth”

Yarmouth is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Yarmouth goes back to Old English mūþ, meaning “mouth.”

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Where it comes from

Yarmouth comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English mūþ (“mouth”), built from English Yar + mouth.

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Similar names

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

Old English

Yarbrough

“earth”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Welsh

Yarwood

“eagle”

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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Old English

Allport

“old”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Arscott

“cottage, hut, shelter”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Allnutt

“noble” · “daring, courage”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Ashworth

“ash tree”

No U.S. birth series

57% boys · 43% girls

Old English

Yaxley

“cuckoo”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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