Yarwood Name Meaning. English: habitational name from Yarwood Heath in Cheshire, earlier Yarwode, from Old English earn 'eagle' + wudu 'wood'. Welsh: Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Iorwerth, composed of the elements ior 'lord' + a lenited form of berth 'handsome'.
Yates Name Meaning. English: from Middle English yates 'gates', plural of yate, Old English geat 'gate', hence a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a walled town, or a metonymic occupational name for a gatekeeper.
