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Beaver

in California

There are 1,202 people with the last name "Beaver" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Beaver 2,311
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  1. is 2,307th most common Thomason
  2. is 2,308th most common Broussard
  3. is 2,309th most common Orourke
  4. is 2,310th most common Pate
  5. is 2,311th most common Beaver
  6. is 2,312th most common Holbrook
  7. is 2,313th most common Coe
  8. is 2,314th most common Fine
  9. is 2,315th most common Galicia

Similar Names and Nicknames

Beavers, Beaven, Beaverson, Beavin, Beever, Beavor, Beavan, Beavis, Beavens, Beavert

Most Common First Names for Beaver

James, Robert, William, John, David, Michael, Patricia, Charles, Susan, Linda

Meaning & History

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. All of these are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view.

English: nickname from Middle English bevere, Old English beofor ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. The existence of patronymic forms such as Beaverson suggest that this may also have been a personal name.

Probably a translation of cognates of 2 in other languages, in particular Dutch Bever and German Bieber.

Possibly a variant of Welsh Bevan.

FOREBEARS George Beaver, a Huguenot from Alsace, came to Philadelphia, PA, in 1744.

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