Yapp

Yapp is an old English surname, derived from an Old English word meaning "crooked, bent; deceitful; shrewd, smart". ^[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• Jake Yapp, British comedian, composer, and writer
• John Yapp (born 1983), Welsh international rugby union player
• Malcolm Yapp (1931–2025), British historian
• Richard Henry Yapp (1871–1929), English 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

1. Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330.
2. Macdonald, A. M. (ed.) (1972) Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary. London: Chambers ISBN   055010206X; p. 1582.

External links

• Yapp! Experience, platform with all events and places around you