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View Surname: Bieber


BIEBER
SOURCE: Nickname & Location
USAGE: German, Jewish
Meaning & History
From Middle High German biber "beaver", German Biber, or Yiddish biber, hence a nickname, possibly a nickname for a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. In some cases the surname may be habitational, from a house or some other place named with this word. As a Jewish name it is largely ornamental.
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