Yale
Welsh
"vigorous, fertile"
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Yale Origin and Meaning
The name Yale is a girl's name of Welsh origin meaning "vigorous, fertile".
Ivy League choice many will mistake for the Israeli favorite Yael, which has a different root and meaning.
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Famous People Named Yale
- The Collegiate Schoolfounded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony, was renamed Yale College in 1718 in recognition of a gift from Elihu Yale, who was governor of the British East India Company.
The name Yale in Pop Culture
- Yale University is a private Ivy League university in New HavenConnecticut.
- Yale RoseBlair Waldorf's younger sister in the "Gossip Girl" books