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Belcher

in Virginia

There are 1,841 people with the last name "Belcher" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Belcher 371
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  1. is 367th most common Wilkerson
  2. is 368th most common Frye
  3. is 369th most common Clements
  4. is 370th most common Dillon
  5. is 371st most common Belcher
  6. is 372nd most common Rodgers
  7. is 373rd most common Stokes
  8. is 374th most common Collier
  9. is 375th most common Beasley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Belcher

James, Robert, John, David, Michael, William, Joseph, Richard, Mary, Ronald

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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