Yeadon

English

Etymology

From Old English ġæh (“steep”) + dūn (“hill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjiːdən/

Proper noun

Yeadon (countable and uncountable, plural Yeadons)

1. A town in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2041).
2. A borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, next to Philadelphia.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yeadon is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Yeadon is most common among White (72.5%) and Black/African American (23.08%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yeadon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• day one, noyade, one day, one-day