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Submitted Name
Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsBeaufort
Meaning & History
English: most probably a variant of
BEAUFORT.
Possibly an Anglicized spelling of French
Buffard, which is from Old French
bouffard, a term which meant ‘puffing and blowing’, hence an unflattering nickname for an irascible or self-important man.