York
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"from the yew estate"Share
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York Origin and Meaning
The name York is a girl's name meaning "from the yew estate".
York is one of those names that's always been around but has never gone anywhere. There are records of baby Yorks born in 1880, yet since then it has never been given to more than 20 children in a single year. York has only ever charted as a girl name twice: in 2018, when it was given to five baby girls, and in 2020 to six girls.
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