Yaxley (surname)
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Earlier spellings | Yoakley, Yockley, Yackslee, Yexley and Yokley |
Place of origin | England |
yacks' is an English toponymic surname, which along with dialectal variants, Yexley, Yoakley, Yockley, and Yokley, may derive from any of the English places that bore this name, including Yaxley, Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire[1]) and Yaxley, Suffolk. "Yackley" is a variant form.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Francis Yaxley (died 1565), English politician and conspirator
- Greta Yaxley (born 2000), television cook
- John Yaxley (died c. 1625), English lawyer and MP
- John Francis Yaxley (born 1936), civil servant in the UK Colonial Office
- Peter Yaxley (1928–2015), New Zealand rugby league player and referee
- Richard Yaxley (1560–1589), Catholic martyr
- Robert Yaxley (1912–1943), Royal Air Force pilot and commander during the Second World War
- Sandra Yaxley (born 1968), Australian swimmer with cerebral palsy, won gold in 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (born 1982), better known as Tommy Robinson, British far-right political activist