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Belcher

in Maryland

There are 351 people with the last name "Belcher" in Maryland.

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Ranking in Maryland

NameRank
Belcher 1,560
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  1. is 1,556th most common Woodland
  2. is 1,557th most common Dietrich
  3. is 1,558th most common Hope
  4. is 1,559th most common Reinhardt
  5. is 1,560th most common Belcher
  6. is 1,561st most common Kolb
  7. is 1,562nd most common Platt
  8. is 1,563rd most common Renner
  9. is 1,564th most common Schreiber

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Belcher

Mary, Michael, Robert, James, William, Charles, David, Joshua, Thomas, Donald

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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