Yeardley (also: ''Yeardlea'', ''Yeardlee'', ''Yeardleigh'', ''Yeardlie'', or ''Yardley'') is a given name
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"Yeardley" and a surname. The name means "enclosed meadow" but could also mean a bullying and poisonous cow.
As a given name, it is predominantly a male's name but may also be a female's name.
Notable people with the given name Yeardley include voice actress
Yeardley Smith and lacrosse player and murder victim
Yeardley Love
The murder of Yeardley Love took place on May 3, 2010 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Love, a University of Virginia (UVA) women's lacrosse student-athlete, was found unresponsive in her Charlottesville apartment and later that day, ...
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Nicknames given to Yeardley are "Lee" and "Yard".
A notable person with the surname Yeardley is
George Yeardley (1587–1627), plantation owner and Governor of Virginia.
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Given name "Yeardley"
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Yeardley Love
The murder of Yeardley Love took place on May 3, 2010 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Love, a University of Virginia (UVA) women's lacrosse student-athlete, was found unresponsive in her Charlottesville apartment and later that day, ...
(1987–2010), Virginia murder victim
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Yeardley Smith (Martha Maria Yeardley Smith) (born 1964), actress, stars on ''The Simpsons''
Surname "Yeardley"
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Temperance Flowerdew Yeardley (1590–1628), wife of governor George Yeardley
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George Yeardley (1587–1627), governor of British Virginia
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John Yeardley
John Yeardley (3 January 1786 – 11 August 1858) was a Quaker missionary.
He was the son of Joel and Frances Yeardley, small dairy farmers at Orgreave, near Rotherham, Yorkshire. John was admitted a member of the Society of Friends in his twent ...
(1786–1858), Quaker missionary
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Martha Savory Yeardley (1781–1851), English poet
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