Talk:Youd

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I have placed the banner template above in order to get this article noticed, and hopefully cleaned up. I cannot do this myself, because I have relatives named Youd (pronounced to rhyme with "food") - it would be WP:COI. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:38, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I would dispute this line;' Jewish people have been nomadic for many years due to religious persecution, it is difficult to ascertain exactly where the name initially originated from.' I know of no-one with the Youd surname being of the Jewish faith. If Youd's had originally been Jewish I believe there would still be a good number of Jewish Youd's. As a Youd myself I only know of Youd's who have come from families that are predominantly Protestant,this would lean towards the theory that the name has a Huguenot origin and the popularity of the story of Judas Maccabeus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.246.145 (talk) 13:52, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I must say someone has really taken a hatchet job to this page recently. Leaving only the new authors own interpretation with scant regard for previous equally valid contributions. Rather shakes one's faith in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.246.90 (talk) 03:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

I find much of what is written (in the page on Youd itself) rather speculative. Early on Youd appears just as common in the West Country as it does in the Cheshire/Flintshire area. Add to this those in London and other areas and we see that Cheshire/Flintshire has only about one third, or less, of the total. It is only later on than Cheshire seems to become the major hub for the name. While the date of the first reference to Eaude may be correct the forenames of father and son appear to be of Dutch (or at least Continental Europe) origin: father Johannis Eaude or Yewd, son Gulielmus Eaude. This would seem to be give some credence to the Dutch Huguenot theory. Furthermore it is not definite that all the other names have died out, whatever the Office for National Statistics might have us believe. I know of one family name which returns 'not found' for its name when searched for, whereas there are eight or so in England and Wales. Neither am I sure that there is any proof that all the 'variants' have arisen from the same original name. Significantly more proper research is needed to unravel things as much as possible. It seems to me the present author of the Youd surname on Wiki has just made everything fit what he, or she, believes and wants to be true. There is little actual fact given, only a few rather vague references, to back up what is being said. All-in-all it's a pretty poor entry, and, as the previous poster has said "Rather shakes one's faith in Wikipedia," — Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveAitch (talk • contribs) 20:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)