Surname

Yemm

“uncle”

Yemm is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Yemm goes back to Old English ēam, meaning “uncle.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Yemm comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English ēam (“uncle”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Old English

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Germanic

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Old English

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Celtic

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Germanic

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Old English

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Old English

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