Given name & surname · also Pictish

Yell

“clearing”

Yell is a surname from Pictish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Yell goes back to Proto-Celtic *yalom, meaning “clearing.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Yell comes from Pictish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Celtic *yalom (“clearing”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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