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Belcher

in Massachusetts

There are 413 people with the last name "Belcher" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Belcher 1,842
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  1. is 1,838th most common Spring
  2. is 1,839th most common Lemire
  3. is 1,840th most common Valle
  4. is 1,841st most common Allain
  5. is 1,842nd most common Belcher
  6. is 1,843rd most common Damato
  7. is 1,844th most common Duff
  8. is 1,845th most common Estrella
  9. is 1,846th most common Kellogg

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Belcher

David, Robert, John, Michael, James, Steven, William, Elizabeth, Kenneth, Linda

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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