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There are approximately 3,108 people named Yule in the UK. That makes it the 3,191th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 49 are named Yule.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic


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The Yule surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Sax.) Christmas, borrowed from this festival, or the time of nativity. ??, Greek, a wood, a forest.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

YULE. The O.-Eng. (from A-Sax.) designation of the season — now called Christmas. See Times and Seasons. In the curious old dictionary of Blount, called Glossographia, is the following passage : —

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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