206 Global Yemm Family Members

Yemm Family History

This extraordinary surname is Anglo-Saxon origin, although its use and recording are late medieval. It derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century word "eme", meaning a natural uncle, but it translates more literally as "the legal guardian of a young orphan", and is perhaps the originator of the wicked uncle syndrome, who was out to grab the children's inheritance. Be that as it may, the surname has some popularity and is found in the variant forms Ymm(s), Yem(es), and Yemm(e), whilst the early recordings include John Ymms, a witness at St.