Yeardley (also: Yeardlea, Yeardlee, Yeardleigh, Yeardlie, or Yardley) is a given nameParenting , "Yeardley" and a surname. The name means "enclosed meadow". As a given name, it is predominantly a male's name but may also be a female's name.
Notable people with the given name Yeardley include voice actress Yeardley Smith and lacrosse player and murder victim Yeardley Love. Nicknames given to Yeardley are "Lee" and "Yard".
A notable person with the surname Yeardley is George Yeardley (1587–1627), plantation owner and Governor of Virginia.
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Given name "Yeardley" Yeardley Love (1987–2010), Virginia murder victim Yeardley Smith (Martha Maria Yeardley Smith) (born 1964), actress, stars on The Simpsons
Surname "Yeardley" Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley (1590–1628), wife of governor George Yeardley George Yeardley (1587–1627), governor of British Virginia John Yeardley (1786–1858), Quaker missionary Martha Savory Yeardley (1781–1851), English poet
See also
Yardley
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