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Beaver

in the US

There are 18,344 people with the last name "Beaver" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Beaver 1,495
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  1. is 1,491st most common Levin
  2. is 1,492nd most common Healy
  3. is 1,493rd most common Willard
  4. is 1,494th most common Sherwood
  5. is 1,495th most common Beaver
  6. is 1,496th most common Mcdonough
  7. is 1,497th most common Bragg
  8. is 1,498th most common Battle
  9. is 1,499th most common Bunch

Similar Names and Nicknames

Beavers, Beaven, Beaverson, Beavin, Beever, Beavor, Beavan, Beavis, Beavens, Beavert

Most Common First Names for Beaver

James, Robert, William, David, John, Michael, Charles, Mary, Richard, Thomas

Meaning & History

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.

English: nickname from Middle English bevere, Old English beofor ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. The existence of patronymic forms such as Beaverson suggest that this may also have been a personal name.

Probably a translation of cognates of 2 in other languages, in particular Dutch Bever and German Bieber.

Possibly a variant of Welsh Bevan.

FOREBEARS George Beaver, a Huguenot from Alsace, came to Philadelphia, PA, in 1744.

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