Yule

Yule
Recorded in many forms as shown below, this is an English surname. It is of early medieval origins, and derives from the 12th century word "yule", meaning Christmastide, but ultimately from the pre 7th century "geol" and the Norse-Viking "jol". The surname would have been given as a nickname to someone who was born on Christmas Day, or had some other connection with this time of year. This was originally the name of a pagan midwinter festival, which was later appropriated by the Christian Church for celebration of the birth of Christ. The creation of surnames from nicknames was a common practice in the Middle Ages, and many modern-day surnames derive from personal characteristics of one sort or another. Early recordings include William Yoel in the Court Rolls of the manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1297, and Robert Yole is listed in the Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire in 1379. The name is also recorded very early in Scotland, with Johannes Yhole being burgess of Haddington in 1374, and Simon Youle who executed a charter of sale in Aberdeen in 1399. In the modern idiom the surname has many nt spellings including Yol, Yole, Youle, Youll, Yoell, Youhill, Youell, Yuille, Yule and others. Recordings of the surname from surviving early church registers of ther city of London include the marriage of William Yule and Elizabethe Laslese at St. Margaret's Westminster, on November 16th 1579, and the marriage of Christopher Youl and Isabell Attlee on May 28th 1623, at St. Gregory by St. Paul's cathedral. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Yol. This was dated 1199, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was sometimes known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Yule — ([=u]l), n. [OE. yol, [yogh]ol, AS. ge[ o]l; akin to ge[ o]la December or January, Icel. j[=o]l Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. {Jolly}.] Christmas or Christmastide; the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yule — ist der Name folgender Personen: George Udny Yule (1871–1956), schottischer Statistiker Henry Yule (1820−1880), schottischer Orientalist Paul Alan Yule (* 1947), Archäologe Yule steht für: Julfest, ein nordeuropäisches Fest der Wintersonnenwende… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • yule — (n.) O.E. geol, geola Christmas Day, Christmastide, from O.N. jol (pl.), a heathen feast, later taken over by Christianity, of unknown origin. The Old English (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo Saxons name for a two month midwinter season… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Yule — (yo͞ol) n. ▸ Christmas or the Christmas season, especially as traditionally celebrated in Northern Europe and North America with customs stemming in part from pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. ╂ [Middle English yole, from Old English… …   Word Histories

  • Yule — (spr. jūl), Sir Henry, engl. geographischer Schriftsteller, geb. 1. Mai 1820 in Inveresk bei Edinburg, gest. 30. Dez. 1889 in London, kam als Ingenieuroffizier nach Bengalen, begleitete Phaire als Sekretär an den Hof von Ava, kehrte 1862 mit dem… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Yule — [ju:l] n [U and C] old use [: Old English; Origin: geol] Christmas …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Yule — [ jul ] noun uncount an old word meaning Christmas …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Yule — (also Yuletide) ► NOUN archaic ▪ Christmas. ORIGIN Old English or Old Norse, originally applied to a pagan festival lasting twelve days; related to JOLLY(Cf. ↑jolly) …   English terms dictionary

  • yule — [yo͞ol] n. [ME < OE geol, iul, orig., name of a pagan festival at the winter solstice; akin to ON jol] [often Y ] Christmas or the Christmas season …   English World dictionary

  • Yule — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Yule caption= Juletræslys , a Danish Yule Tree Candle observedby=Northern Europeans and Various Anglosphereans date=Northern Hemisphere: circa December 21 Southern Hemisphere: circa June 21 celebrations=Festivals,… …   Wikipedia

  • Yule —    This word, in various spellings, means a loosely defined midwinter period (not a single day) in the early languages of most Germanic and Scandinavian countries. Bede, writing of pagan England, mentions two months, early Yule and later Yule ,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

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