"Yeldham" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Yeldhams [plural]
Etymology: Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Yeldham, probably a compound of Old English gield (“tax, payment”) + hām (“homestead”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Great}} Great, {{m|en|Little Yeldham}} Little Yeldham, {{der|en|ang|gield||tax, payment}} Old English gield (“tax, payment”), {{m|ang|hām||homestead}} hām (“homestead”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Yeldham (plural Yeldhams)
  1. A surname from Old English. Related terms: Great Yeldham, Little Yeldham

Inflected forms

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