Yelling
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Yelling is an Old English place name meaning 'the followers or kinsmen of a person named Gilla'. It combines a personal name with 'ingas', meaning followers or kinsmen.
Word origins
- Yelling
- Old EnglishAttestedfollowers or kinsmen of Gilla(from Gilla "personal name", ingas "followers, kinsmen")