- 807
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Beamish
Meaning & Origins
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from various places in northern France: Beaumais-sur-Dire in Calvados, Beaumetz in Somme, or any of three places called Beaumetz in Pas-de-Calais. They are named in Old French as beu ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + més ‘dwelling’. Compare Mas. A place called Beamish in County Durham is an Anglo-Norman French place name of the same origin, first mentioned in the 13th century; it is possible that in some cases the surname is from this place.
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- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 807
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Michigan
- has the most people named Beamish per capita
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