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Belcher

in the US

There are 23,590 people with the last name "Belcher" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Belcher 1,117
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  1. is 1,113th most common Rutherford
  2. is 1,114th most common Gustafson
  3. is 1,115th most common Meeks
  4. is 1,116th most common Grace
  5. is 1,117th most common Belcher
  6. is 1,118th most common Hollis
  7. is 1,119th most common Pierson
  8. is 1,120th most common Ahmed
  9. is 1,121st most common Rubio

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Belcher

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

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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