Yam Family History
Yam Name Meaning
Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 任 see Ren Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 陰 see Yin Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 嚴 and 閻 see Yan 1 and Amerindian (Mexico): Mayan name from yaam ‘space between two things’ also ‘sea waves’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022