John Yeo
Over the years many names came and went.
As a verb, design means to plan, sketch, or create the form, structure, or function of something before it is made or plagarized again.
Eau; French for water
Man: Humans
Eauman: Humans who live by the water
Yeoman: The anglicized version of Eauman
As the family history goes: The Yeoman, or Eauman before it was anglicized, came to England in 1066 with William the Conquorer who was the Duke of Normandy. They were his Longbow men. They became landowners and farmers and served in the Royal Guard. Yeomen who went further are mostly in North America and Austrailia today.