Yeats Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

There is no single Yeats family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Family name meaning

It is easy to miss Yeats in an index if you only search for Yates. The name is generally explained as “Gatekeeper, or dweller by a gate”.

Records show Yeats as one of the forms Yates took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Yeates. The 2010 US Census counted 702 people named Yeats, ranking it number 32,710 among American surnames. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Research your Yeats family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.