Young

The Young Family of Wake in North Carolina represented by Lord Troy, Barony of Belfalaize & Seneschal of that Ilk. The ancestral home of the Young family is in the German province of Bavaria. Young is a German nickname surname. Such names came from eke-names, or added names, that described their initial bearer through reference to a physical characteristic or other attribute. Young is a name for a young person or the junior member of a family or community, being derived from the German word "jung," which means "young."