Yapp

See also: yapp

English

Etymology

Nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap (“deceitful, shrewd”), from Old English gēap (“crooked, bent; devious, cunning”).

Proper noun

Yapp (plural Yapps)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yapp is the 40371^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Yapp is most common among White (69.37%) and Black/African American (13.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Yapp”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.