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Beal

in Nebraska

There are 95 people with the last name "Beal" in Nebraska.

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Ranking in Nebraska

NameRank
Beal 2,059
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  1. is 2,055th most common Steinbach
  2. is 2,056th most common Sterling
  3. is 2,057th most common Wiggins
  4. is 2,058th most common Wolken
  5. is 2,059th most common Beal
  6. is 2,060th most common Beaver
  7. is 2,061st most common Bohaty
  8. is 2,062nd most common Bonner
  9. is 2,063rd most common Christ

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beal

John, Wayne, Amber, Barbara, Brian, David, Gregory, Jim, Leslie, Mary

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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