Yarnall: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

The name Yarnall is closely linked to Yarnell. The name is generally explained as “A dweller at the slope where eagles were seen”.

A variant of Yarnell

Yarnall writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Yarnell, a common scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,271 people named Yarnall, ranking it number 20,780 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Heraldry and the Yarnall name

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