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Origin of Be, Meaning of Be
Origin: (received from a Beekman in the Netherlands): surname developed in Holland as a locative name. The name was derived ultimately from the Middle Dutch word 'beke', meaning 'brook' or 'stream'. Thus, the initial bearer of the surname Beekman would have been one who dwelled by a body of water so described. In Holland, this process was not completed until the nineteenth century when those who had not yet adopted surnames were instructed to do so by government decree. The earliest record of this surname dates from 1407 when one 'Henning Bekeman' was a resident of Dorpat. The surname was first brought to North America over 300 years ago.
Surnames: Beekman
Submitted by: Allyn Beekman |
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Origin: From Bojer, a Celtic tribe - the name 'Bohemia' comes from Bojohemum; 'person from Bavaria' at early formation of surnames, but now all over.
Surnames: Baier, Bayer, Beier, Beyer, Boyer
Submitted by: Barbara V. Smith |
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Origin: These variants and others all go back to Christopher Frederick Banzhaf who came to America from Gerstteten, Germany in the 1760's. He changed the name originally to Benchhoof.
Surnames: Banzhaf, Benchoff, Benshoff, Benshoof
Submitted by: Barton A. Benshoof |
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Origin: The name Goldsborough can be traced back to a town named Goldsborough in West Riding Yorkshire, England. Richard de Vessey took the name of the town when he recieved a manor from the king. His name was then Richard de Goldesburgh, during the 1200s. Descendent Nicholas Goldsborough came to America and the name was changed a little.
Surnames: Goldesburgh, Goldsberry, Goldsboro, Goldsborough
Submitted by: Brian Boehme |
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Origin: One meaning of the name is an area of bent grass.
Surnames: Bentley, Bently
Submitted by: Charles John Bentley |
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Origin: Derived from Herbertson in lowland Scotland and possibly derived fron a 'son of a herbere', i.e. an innkeeper. The attribution to a 'son of Herbert' is uncertain. Harbison/Herbison generally taken by those who went across to Ulster, Ireland during the 1600s, whilst Herbertson was adopted by those remaining in Scotland. A later modification, mainly in the 1800s, gave Harbinson and Herbinson.
Surnames: Harbeson, Harbinson, Harbison, Herbison
Submitted by: Chris Harbison |
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Origin: I know that the family Taber came from the island of Moen in Denmark and that parts of the family later changed the name to Tabor. I have quite a bit of information about the Taber family.
Surnames: Taber, Tabor
Submitted by: Claus Frimand |
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Origin: In researching the French-Canadian side of my family, I have located the surname Bernabe. All of the ancestors I am researching were born in Quebec, Canada, in and near St. Thomas De Pierreville. For now, we can say that the name is of French origin, and that there was a concentration of at least a family branch of Bernabes in Quebec between 1830 and 1900.
Surnames: Bernabe
Submitted by: Coni Faucher-Perry |
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Origin: From what I know, this name came from Ireland, county Offaly, or Queens county.
Surnames: Bergin
Submitted by: Cynthia Bergin |
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Origin: surname umberger has its origin in the village of flums in switzerland the name means one who lives in or near the high mountains from research notes of the umberger/umbarger family book by arthur umberger of penn.
Surnames: Umbarger, Umberger
Submitted by: David Umbarger |
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Origin: surname umberger has its origin in the village of flums in switzerland the name means one who lives in or near the high mountains from research notes of the umberger/umbarger family book by arthur umberger of penn.
Surnames: Umbarger, Umberger
Submitted by: David Umbarger |
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Origin: My maiden name is Isbell, I know from a genealgist in Tenn. surnames were spelled in many ways do to the fact people could not read or write, Isbill is one way this surname was spelled. The original name came from England, was Bell,during the early part of the 17th century,there was an estate settlement.A man was asked if his name was Bell,He said'Yes it'is Bell'.He liked the name and changed it to Isbell.
Surnames: Isabell, Isbell, Isbill
Submitted by: Diane |
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Origin: German
Surnames: Duda, Luck, Lueck, Bohmann, Ebert, Pfeiffer, Howard, Shetler, Schettler, Shettler, Stephens
Submitted by: dianna |
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Origin: Bauer-lein means peasant farmer, flax.Surnames were required to identify individuals for tax purposes sometime around the years1300-1400 and are identified in church recordsaccording to my reference (Howard Barnhart). He wrote a booklet on Andreas Byerly(Bauerlein) in April, 1991.
Surnames: Bauerlein, Beyerly, Bierle, Bierly, Byerly
Submitted by: dorothy srembo |
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Origin: Several Welsh surnames begin with the letters B or P; Bevan, Beynon, Bowen, Powell, Pugh, Prytherch, Prys. This is a consequence of the Welsh 'ap' (son of) merging into the following (christian) name and developing ito the surname. In the case of Bevan it defives from ap Ifan or with a mutation ab Ifan...leading to Bifan and Bevan.
Surnames: Bevan, Bevans
Submitted by: Dr Rhys G Williams |
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Origin: Brodbeck means 'bread-baker' (contrary to the pastry-baker). The Brodbeck family originates in the area of Stuttgart/W?rttemberg where it is mentioned in the 15th century. Later on the family spread all over W?rttemberg. A branch lived in the village of Neuhausen an der Erms where there are still members alive.
Surnames: Brodbeck, Brotbeck
Submitted by: Eberhard Fritz |
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Origin: There are two possible origins for this name. One possibility is 'Descendants of Little Theobald(for which Tibb was a nickname)' and one possibility proposed to me was that they were originally makers of the cloth or scarf worn by a religious leader- known as a tippet. Tibbits is NOT a variant-Tibbits is Lebanese in origin, while Tippet
Surnames: Tibbett, Tibbetts, Tippett, Tippetts
Submitted by: Edith Tippett |
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Origin: According to my knowledge the name HUBER described a farmer who owned a small patch of land 'hube', which was just big enough to feed one cow or horse. [from German word 'Huf' (hoof)]
Surnames: Hoover, Huber
Submitted by: Hubert Huber |
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Origin: English :occupational name for medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to the Old English b?odan to bid, command and to the Old High German bodo, messenger. (See BOTHA).In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare's day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order.
Surnames: Beadel, Beadell, Beadle, Bed, Beddall, Beddell, Bedeau, Bedel, Bedell, Bedle, Beedle, Biddell, Biddle, Bittel, Buddell, Buddle, B?ttle, Pedel
Submitted by: Ian Beadle |
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Origin: In Scotland, the Gibsons were highlanders, a family in the Buchanan Clan.
Surnames: Gibson, Gilbert
Submitted by: Kathleen Gibson-Ferris |
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Origin: The English surname Biddlecombe derives from Bittiscombe a hamlet in the parish of Upton in Somerset, England about 1180. The manor house still exists, and is the home of the Upton churrch warden.
Surnames: Biddlecombe
Submitted by: Keith Biddlecombe |
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Origin: CLIZBE: Name shared by several small towns in the North of England, all located within the Danelaw (the area conquered by the Vikings). Origin prob. 'Clea's by' meaning the settlement (by) belonging to Clea (a Viking name).
Surnames: Clipsby, Clisbe, Clisbi, Clisbie, Clisby, Clizbe
Submitted by: Kent Clizbe |
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Origin: The name Beaver came from Germany and is classified as nickname origin. It probably came about with someone working hard like a beaver, or looking like a beaver. One of the earliest Beavers was Wernherus Biber from about 1226. He was from Zurich. This names crest is a crown.
Surnames: Beaver, Bever, Biber, Bieber
Submitted by: Krysta Beaver |
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Origin: 1610 , Des Champ, Had a son Son changed his name to Beauchamp, Beauchamp was changed to Boshaw by some of the Beauchamps migrating to the United states from Canada.
Surnames: Beauchamp, Boshaw
Submitted by: Lloyd Boshaw |
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Origin: This is an Anglo/Saxon surname that emerged as a notable English family in the country of Yorkshire where they were anciently. By the year 1509 they also appeared on the tax rolls of Oxfordshire.
Surnames: Mabbet, Mabbetson, Mabbett, Mabbit, Mabbitt, Mabbot, Mabbotson, Mabbott, Mabbutt, Mabetson, Mabitt, Mabotson
Submitted by: Michael B. Mabbitt |
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Origin: It's Swedish
Surnames: Westberg
Submitted by: Peter Westberg |
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Origin: Believe it is either English or Scottish. English more so.
Surnames: Berry
Submitted by: Randy Scott Berry |
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Origin: Lichten - light berg - mountain or hill.
Surnames: Lichtenberger, Lighthill
Submitted by: Richard Lighthill |
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Origin: The name Behrendt were renown as farmers on the isle of Ruegen (Rugen) specifically in Garz. They lived there for the last 300 odd years and were brought there possibly by the Swedish traders who lived there. The Behrendts were sheep farmers then and were left there when the Swedish left.
Surnames: Behrends, Behrendt, Behrnd
Submitted by: Richard Sollorz |
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Origin: Seibert has it's origins as a Germanic Patronymic name. It has 40 some-odd variations in spelling and pronunciation. It's original spelling came from two root words, 'siege' and 'beraht', meaning 'victorious & brilliant one, famous'. These two words combined, create the earliest common form of 'Siegbert'. Before World War I and during the Austrian Monarchy, it 'became' predominitely a 'Jewish' name, and for that reason was eventually avoided by non- Jews. It is often confused with the more common name of 'Siegfried', which means 'victory & peace'. Names such as these are cate- gorized as the 'victory' names, used to depict terms of battle or warfare.... Siegbert: Victory-Bright Siegfried: Victory-Peace Sigismund/Sigmond: Victory- Mountain These names are now commonly depicted as Seibert, Siefert, Simmonds, & Simon.... As a Jewish name, these are possibly descriptive of the tribe of Simeon(Shimon)... commonly the Jews used the 1st sylabble of a German name to depict the tribe they were thought to be from, in this case the Hebrew letter 'Shin'.
Surnames: Segerbarth, Seiber, Seiberlich, Seibert, Sibert, Siebens, Siebert, Siebertz, Siebken, Siegbert, Siegbrecht, Zeibert
Submitted by: Robert C. Seibert |
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Origin: Barrows is a location name, meaning dwelling by the grove, or dweller by the hill. English surname
Surnames: Barrow, Barrowe, Barrows, Berrow
Submitted by: Sandy Holladay |
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Origin: Spanish
Surnames: Cervantes, Abeyta
Submitted by: Saul Cervantes |
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Origin: My spanish friend said it was of spanish origin.
Surnames: Azbell
Submitted by: Scott Azbell |
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Origin: From Norway.
Surnames: Solberg
Submitted by: Staci |
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Origin: Our original CHAMBERS ancestor was Simon Peter LaShambres or LaChambres. He was French living in Great Britian during the outbreak of the Revolution. He escaped to Savanah, GA with a price on his head and set up shopkeeping there. The spelling was anglicized CHAMBERS. The CHAMBERS family moved to Irwinton, GA in Wilkerson Co. after the Rev. War and lived there for many generations. My great grandmother was Laura Chambers m. Samuel A. Hatfield prior to the Civil War. Susie M. Thomas
Surnames: Chambers, Lachambres, Lashambres
Submitted by: Susie M. Thomas |
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Origin: My Grandfather bean was Apache indian.
Surnames: Bean
Submitted by: Teresa Bean |
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Origin: The Hackbarth surname has it's origins in Germany. More specifically, it seems to have originated from what was the Pomeranian region of Germany/Prussia. Now the region formerly known as Pomerania is split by the Oder River, with it's western half remaining part of Germany, but the eastern half becoming part of Poland.
Surnames: Hackbart, Hackbarth, Hackbeck, Hackbird, Hackburt, Hockburt
Submitted by: Mike Hackbarth |
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Origin: Hirschland, Alsace, France.
Surnames: Beaver, Beeber, Biber, Bieber, Biever
Submitted by: John W Bieber |
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