Given name & surname
Beecher
“one who lives near the beech trees”
Beecher is a variant of Beacher. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the beech trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Beecher is a variant of Beacher. One English interpretation is “one who lives near the beech trees.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Beecher is a variant of Beacher. An origin associated with Beacher is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beecher through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,019
- 1,019 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 36 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 362 as a first name in 2020; 5,106 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.
Beecher’s family of names
Beecher has a related form in Beacher. In English usage, Beecher as a surname has a related form in Beech.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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