Yeats - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Yeats \ye(a)-ts\ is a variant of Yates (Middle English), and the meaning of Yeats is "the gates".

The baby name Yeats sounds like Oates, Waits and Watts. Other similar baby names are Keats, Mats and Pats.

Yeats is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#22516 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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