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Bear

in South Dakota

There are 224 people with the last name "Bear" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

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Bear 231
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  1. is 227th most common Mills
  2. is 228th most common Parsons
  3. is 229th most common Simmons
  4. is 230th most common Bruns
  5. is 231st most common Bear
  6. is 232nd most common Burke
  7. is 233rd most common Gilbert
  8. is 234th most common Hicks
  9. is 235th most common Dean

Similar Names and Nicknames

Berry, Beard, Bearden, Beardsley, Beer, Behr, Beardslee, Beery, Bearce, Beary

Most Common First Names for Bear

Robe, Mary, Darlene, Stops, Jolene, Killer, Ribs, Robert

Meaning & History

English: from the Middle English nickname Bere meaning ‘bear’ (Old English bera, which is also found as a byname), or possibly from a personal name derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with this first element. Compare for example Bernhard. The bear has generally been regarded with a mixture of fear and amusement because of its strength and unpredictable temper on the one hand and its clumsy gait on the other, and in the medieval period it was also thought to typify the sins of sloth and gluttony. All these characteristics are no doubt reflected in the nickname. Throughout the Middle Ages the bear was a familiar figure in popular entertainments such as bear baiting and dancing bears.

English: variant spelling of the habitational name Beer.

Probably a translation of cognates of 1 in other languages, for example German Baer, and also an Americanized spelling of German Bahr.

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