Yale

Welsh

"vigorous, fertile"

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.

Famous People Named Yale

• The Collegiate School founded 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 Haven Connecticut.
• Yale Rose Blair Waldorf's younger sister in the "Gossip Girl" books