Definitions

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  • proper noun A surname.
  • proper noun Any of the places in the U.S. named after people with the family name Yoder.

Etymologies

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The family name is from the German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland.

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