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Beal

in Arkansas

There are 247 people with the last name "Beal" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

NameRank
Beal 1,406
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  1. is 1,402nd most common Venable
  2. is 1,403rd most common Whitlock
  3. is 1,404th most common Gaither
  4. is 1,405th most common Mcneely
  5. is 1,406th most common Beal
  6. is 1,407th most common Farrar
  7. is 1,408th most common Isbell
  8. is 1,409th most common Mcneil
  9. is 1,410th most common Peacock

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bell, Beall, Beale, Beals, Bello, Belle, Bealer, Bella, Bewley, Bellew

Most Common First Names for Beal

Bonnie, Mary, Betty, James, Amanda, Arthur, Barbara, Bertha, Bob, Booker

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin): from Old French bel(e) ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (see Beau), either a nickname for a handsome man or a metronymic from this word used as a female personal name.

English: habitational name from places so named in Northumberland and West Yorkshire. The former of these (Behil in early records) comes from Old English bēo ‘bee’ + hyll ‘hill’; the latter (Begale in Domesday Book) is from Old English bēag ‘ring’, here probably used in the sense ‘river bend’, or an unattested personal name Bēaga derived from this word + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.

French (Béal): topographic name for someone who lived by a mill race, from the Lyonnaise dialect term béal, bezale, bedale (of Gaulish origin).

Americanized spelling of German Biehl or Bühl (see Buehl).

FOREBEARS Lt. Col. Thomas Beal(e) (c. 1621–c. 1676) of London settled in York Co., VA, about 1650.

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