Yapp
Yapp is an English surname, derived from an Old English word meaning "crooked, bent; deceitful; shrewd, smart".[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- John Yapp (born 1983), Welsh international rugby union player
- Richard Henry Yapp (1871-1929), Botanist
- Stan Yapp (1933-2012), first leader of West Midlands County Council
- William Brunsdon Yapp (1909-1990), zoologist
- Yapp Hung Fai, footballer
There is also a type of binding known as "yapp"; this is a limp leather binding with the covers overlapping the edges of the book; it is named after a bookseller called Yapp.[2]
See also
- Ye (surname), spelled Yap or Yapp in Hakka and Minnan
- Yap, an island in the Pacific Ocean in the Federated States of Micronesia
- Yappie
- Yapp (mobile application)
Footnotes
- Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330.
- Macdonald, A. M. (ed.) (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. London: Chambers ISBN 055010206X; p. 1582.
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