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Can't help you with Yemen, I'm afraid - perhaps you could try their local Embassy or consulate.

A yeoman was a prosperous peasant farmer in medieval England, and the word is also used for the soldiers in those wonderful red and gold uniforms who guard the Tower of London - they are informally called Beefeaters, but their real job title is Yeomen of the Guard (and there's a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta with the same name).

Yeoman seems to have meant "young man" once, but that meaning soon got lost; however, the good qualities of a young man - his physical strength and energy - live on in the modern meanings.

I've never heard it as a given name, but why not?

• names - cnwong  Oct 30 2003, 12:04:35 AM
  • Re: names - Anneza  Oct 30 2003, 10:58:51 PM
    • Thank you, Sir :P n/t - Pavlos  Oct 31 2003, 1:17:09 AM
      • If you mean me, it's Ma'am! n/t - Anneza  Nov 4 2003, 4:42:07 AM