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Re: Yeardley
It's probably a variant of the surname Yardley: http://www.ancestry.com/facts/yardley-civil-war.ashx

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Here's the meaning I found. Enclosed grassland; kindling forest. I like this name a lot. I see it a lot in the boy's section, although I've only ever known females with the name.
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