Beam

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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.anonymous on 5/27/2012
Last Editor EditorBeautiful Victory on 9/4/2014  [revision history]

Meaning & History

From Old English beam "beam" or "post". It could be a topographic name from someone living near a post or tree, or it could be a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.

Americanized form of German BOEHM or BAUM.