as a Last Name
- 35,460
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Best
Meaning & Origins
English, northern Irish, and French: from Middle English, Old French beste ‘animal’, ‘beast’ (Latin bestia), applied either as a metonymic occupational name for someone who looked after beasts—a herdsman—or as a derogatory nickname for someone thought to resemble an animal, i.e. a violent, uncouth, or stupid man. It is unlikely that the name is derived from best, Old English betst, superlative of good. By far the most frequent spelling of the French surname is Beste, but it is likely that in North America this form has largely been assimilated to Best.
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 35,460
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Best per capita
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