Yale

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[edit] ORIGIN AND HISTORY

The name Yale is of Welsh origin, and refers to the fertile uplands of the British moors. ^[1] It may also refer specifically to the mountain goats that live in those high moors. ^[2] It was a surname given to people who lived in the uplands, and has since been used as both a first name (mostly for males) and a surname. Some of the first people with the last name Yale came to America in approximately 1637. ^[3] Yale is now most recognizable as the name of a prestigious American university in Connecticut.

[edit] POPULARITY

• While Yale is sometimes used as a male first name, it is very uncommon, and has not appeared in the top 1000 baby names in the United States in any recorded year. ^[4]
• Yale currently ranks as number 11,344 in the list of most common surnames in the United States. The largest concentration of people with the name Yale is in Pennsylvania, followed by California, Florida and New York. ^[5]

[edit] FACTS

• Yale University was founded in the mid-seventeenth century, as a school dedicated to the tradition of European-style liberal education. It was originally called the Collegiate School and was renamed Yale College in 1718 after Elihu Yale, a Welsh merchant who had made a substantial donation to the school. ^[6] It is today a prominent and world-renowned university. The school mascot is the Yale Bulldog, nicknamed "Handsome Dan."

[edit] NAMESAKES

• Yale University
• Yale Materials Handling
• Yale Commerical Locks and Hardware
• The Yale Hotel, Vancouver

[edit] FAMOUS PERSONS

• Yale Lary: football player
• Yale Murphy: baseball player
• Ad Yale: baseball player
• Linus Yale: entrepreneur
• Harry Yale: chemist
• Elihu Yale: merchant

[edit] NOTES

1. ↑ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/search.php?s=yale&g=1&t=1
2. ↑ http://www.yeahbaby.com/meaning-name-etymology.php?name=Yale
3. ↑ http://www.houseofnames.com/fc.asp?sId=&s=yale
4. ↑ http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi
5. ↑ http://names.whitepages.com/last/Yale
6. ↑ http://www.yale.edu/about/history.html

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Author: Sarena Emily Levinson