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Beal

in Minnesota

There are 179 people with the last name "Beal" in Minnesota.

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Ranking in Minnesota

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Beal 3,153
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  1. is 3,149th most common Skelton
  2. is 3,150th most common Swart
  3. is 3,151st most common Walstrom
  4. is 3,152nd most common Bayer
  5. is 3,153rd most common Beal
  6. is 3,154th most common Erdahl
  7. is 3,155th most common Greeley
  8. is 3,156th most common Harty
  9. is 3,157th most common Hennes

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beal

John, David, Jason, Michael, James, Kevin, Linda, Sara, Stanley, Alan

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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