Yoder.
A surname from German.
Meaning & usage
A surname from German.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Allen County, Indiana.
A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Reno County, Kansas.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon.
A place in the United States: A town in Goshen County, Wyoming.
A ghost town in West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
Where this word comes from
The family name is from 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.
Try it on your idea.
Yoder has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.