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)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Yapp is the 40371st 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.