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Belcher

in Kentucky

There are 1,515 people with the last name "Belcher" in Kentucky.

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Belcher 329
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  1. is 325th most common Snyder
  2. is 326th most common Steele
  3. is 327th most common Greenwell
  4. is 328th most common Hobbs
  5. is 329th most common Belcher
  6. is 330th most common Chandler
  7. is 331st most common Cecil
  8. is 332nd most common Webster
  9. is 333rd most common Meadows

Similar Names and Nicknames

Belcastro, Belch, Belcourt, Balcer, Bolker, Bolcer, Balciar, Bilker, Belcik, Belczyk

Most Common First Names for Belcher

James, John, Robert, David, William, Mary, Roger, Jennifer, Billy, Larry

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + chere ‘face’, ‘countenance’. Although it originally meant ‘face’, the word chere later came to mean also ‘demeanor’, ‘disposition’ (hence English cheer), and the nickname may thus also have denoted a person of pleasant, cheerful disposition. There has been some confusion with Bowser.
  • 2. nickname for someone given to belching. See Balch.

    • FOREBEARS Andrew Belcher came before 1654 from London, England, to Cambridge, MA, where he kept a tavern. His family was originally from Wiltshire. His descendant Jonathan Belcher (1682–1757), a weathy merchant, was governor of MA and NH. Subsequently, as governor of NJ, he was one of the founders of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton).

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