Yielding Family History
Yielding Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Middlesex): habitational name from Yeldon in Bedforshire. The place takes its name from the river name Gifle (an old name for the river Till) + Old English denu ‘valley’. Alternatively this is a habitational name from Yalding in Kent. The placename means ‘(the place of) the people of a man called Ealda’ from the Old English personal name Ealda + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022