Meaning and background
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York has an English habitational surname history from the city, whose name passed through several languages and reinterpretations. The dictionary's proposed earliest yew-tree explanation is qualified; later English and Scandinavian forms changed its appearance. It also records Jewish Americanizations and shortened Slavic surnames. A dog named York may intend the city, but a family tribute can follow another route, so the place history should not be treated as universal.
- Origin
- English habitational surname with a complex city-name history; also Americanized Jewish and Slavic surnames. Source
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