Given name & surname
Beacher
“one who lives near the beech trees”
Beacher is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the beech trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who lives near the beech trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beacher through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 76 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 248 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beacher’s family of names
Beacher has a related form in Beecher. Beacher has a related form in Beach. Beacher has a related form in Beache.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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