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Beal

in Washington DC

There are 22 people with the last name "Beal" in Washington DC.

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Beal 2,284
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  1. is 2,280th most common Wrenn
  2. is 2,281st most common Zeigler
  3. is 2,282nd most common Aparicio
  4. is 2,283rd most common Bauman
  5. is 2,284th most common Beal
  6. is 2,285th most common Beckham
  7. is 2,286th most common Becton
  8. is 2,287th most common Bethel
  9. is 2,288th most common Blakney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Beal

Adrienne, Ashby, Betty, Bradley, Calvin, Catherine, Clarke, Jay, Jayona

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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