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Meaning & History
Habitational name for someone from Beaumais-sur-Dire in Calvados Beaumetz in Somme or one of three places called Beaumetz in Pas-de-Calais, all in northern France. In some cases it may be derived from a place called Beamish in County Durham. It has also been used as an Americanized form of Böhmisch.
English (Suffolk) and Irish (Cork) of Norman origin.
English (Suffolk) and Irish (Cork) of Norman origin.