Yeomans is an English surname meaning son of Yeoman. Guppy reported it from Derbyshire and Herefordshire.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Amelia Yeomans (1842-1913), Canadian physician and suffragist
- Bill Yeomans (20th century), Australian rugby league player
- Frank Yeomans, object-relations author and training supervisor for transference focused psychotherapy
- Gael Yeomans (born 1988), Chilean politician and lawyer
- Harry Yeomans (1901–1965), English football goalkeeper
- Hec Yeomans (1895–1968), Australian rules footballer
- John William Yeomans (1800–1863), Presbyterian pastor, and the second president of Lafayette College
- John Yeomans (writer) (1916–1995), Australian journalist and writer
- Julia Yeomans, British theoretical physicist
- Kelly Yeomans (1984-1997), English school girl who committed suicide
- Lee Columbus Yeomans (1892–1951), American politician
- Lucy Yeomans (21st century), fashion magazine editor
- P. A. Yeomans (1904-1984), Australian inventor
- Solomon Yeomans Chesley (1796-1880), public servant and political figure in Canada West
- Stephen Prentice Yeomans (1822–1903), American physician and politician in Iowa
See also
- Yeoman (disambiguation)
- 2956 Yeomans, a main-belt asteroid
Footnotes
- Cottle, Basil (1967) The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books; p. 330
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