Youel is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Youel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

Variant form of Yule. The Old English (from Anglo-Saxon) designation of the season-now called Christmas. In curious old dictionary of Blount, called Glossographia, is the following passage:-
"In Yorkshire and our other northern parts, they have an old custome after sermon or service on Christmas day; the people will, even in the churches, cry Ule, le, as a token of rejoicing, and the common sort run about the streets singing,
"Ule, Ule, Ule,
Three puddings in a pule,
Crack nuts and cry Ule."

A variant of Youle. See Yule - The Old English (from Anglo-Saxon) designation of the season-now called Christmas. In curious old dictionary of Blount, called Glossographia, is the following passage:-
"In Yorkshire and our other northern parts, they have an old custome after sermon or service on Christmas day; the people will, even in the churches, cry Ule, le, as a token of rejoicing, and the common sort run about the streets singing,
"Ule, Ule, Ule,
Three puddings in a pule,
Crack nuts and cry Ule."

The same as Yule - The Old English (from Anglo-Saxon) designation of the season-now called Christmas. In curious old dictionary of Blount, called Glossographia, is the following passage:-
"In Yorkshire and our other northern parts, they have an old custome after sermon or service on Christmas day; the people will, even in the churches, cry Ule, le, as a token of rejoicing, and the common sort run about the streets singing,
"Ule, Ule, Ule,
Three puddings in a pule,
Crack nuts and cry Ule."

A variation of the Yool. Yule, Old English Christmas.

The lastname is the form of Yeowell. Perhaps the same as Whewell, or as Yule - Whewell Grange in Staffordshire, sometimes written Hewell, is known in history as the place where some of the conspirators of the Powder Plot took refuge in 1605. It has been remarked of this name, that it is more easily whistled than spoken! The initial W is, however, rarely pronounced.

Lastname is variant form of Yule. Dweller near a yew tree; descendant of Yule meaning "Christmas".

The form of Yell. One who came from Yell, i.e., barren, an island in the Shetland group.

The family name Youel is a variant of Ewell. 1. A town in Surrey. 2. Ewald, an Anglo-Saxon personal name.

How popular is Youel?

Youel is common in United States, England.

Youel is ranked 582990 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Youel bearers increased by 1.75 per cent in 2010 US census to 174 since 2000, the surname slipped by 4883 spots and ranked at 103181. The last name was found in merely 6 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.25 93.57
Youel is a very rare family name, few people in United States and England have the last name. Around 537 people have been found who wears Youel as their family name. Youel have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Youel:
86,566 United States297
21,309 England206
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
85,184 Australia15

Youel Namesakes

  • Jim Youel, former American football quarterback

Youel Namesakes

  • Jim Youel, former American football quarterback

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