as a Last Name
- 23,520
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Beaver
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche, Somme, and Seine-Maritime, or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. All of these are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a fine view.
| 1,545th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 23,520
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Beaver per capita
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