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Surnames Starting with B: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 7)

757 family names beginning with B. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Bellucci
    Italy

    Little Bello (handsome)

  • Belmonte
    Italy

    Beautiful hill

  • Beltran
    Spain

    Bright raven

  • Beltrao
    Portugal

    Bright raven (Bertram)

  • Beman
    England

    Someone who kept bees

  • Bemis
    England

    Someone who came from Beaumetz, in Normandy

  • Bénard
    France

    Strong bear

  • Benavides
    Spain

    From Benavides in León

  • Benbow
    England

    Bend the bow

  • Bench
    England

    Someone who lived at the ledge or terrace

  • Bender
    Germany

    Cooper, barrel maker

  • Bendix
    England

    A descendant of Benedict (blessed)

  • Benedetti
    Italy

    Of Benedetto ("blessed")

  • Benedict
    England

    Blessed

  • Benfield
    England

    A dweller in, or near, a field, where beans were grown

  • Bengston
    England

    Someone who came from Bynna's homestead

  • Benítez
    Spain

    Son of Benito ("blessed")

  • Benjamin
    England

    Right-hand son

  • Benner
    Germany

    A maker of baskets or cradles

  • Bennett
    England

    Blessed

  • Benoît
    France

    Blessed

  • Benson
    England

    Son of Ben (Benedict)

  • Bent
    England

    A dweller at an unenclosed pasture, moor or heath

  • Bentham
    England

    From Bentham, in North Yorkshire

  • Bentley
    England

    Bent-grass clearing

  • Bento
    Portugal

    "blessed"

  • Benton
    England

    Bean farmstead

  • Benvenuto
    Italy

    Welcome

  • Benz
    Germany

    A short form of Berthold or Bernhard

  • Bérard
    France

    Bear-hardy

  • Bercher
    England

    A dweller at a birch tree or birch grove

  • Beretta
    Italy

    Cap maker

  • Berg
    Germany

    Dweller on a hill

  • Bergamaschi
    Italy

    From Bergamo

  • Berger
    Germany

    Hill dweller

  • Bergeron
    France

    Little shepherd

  • Bergmann
    Germany

    Mountain dweller; miner

  • Berkeley
    England

    Birch wood

  • Berkowitz
    Poland

    The son of Berek or Berko, pet forms of Baruch (blessed)

  • Berkson
    England

    The son of Berk, a pet form of Baruch (blessed)

  • Berlin
    Germany

    Someone from Berlin, or a descendant of Berl

  • Berman
    England

    Bear man

  • Bermejo
    Spain

    A nickname for red hair or a ruddy complexion

  • Bermúdez
    Spain

    "son of Bermudo"

  • Bernal
    Spain

    Strong as a bear

  • Bernard
    France

    Brave as a bear

  • Bernardes
    Portugal

    Son of Bernardo

  • Bernardi
    Italy

    Son of Bernardo ("brave as a bear")

  • Bernardini
    Italy

    Son of little Bernardo

  • Bernd
    Germany

    A descendant of Berndt (bear, firm)

  • Berndt
    Germany

    Bear-brave / Bernhard

  • Bernhard
    Germany

    A descendant of Berinhard (bear, brave)

  • Bernhardt
    Germany

    From the name Bernhard

  • Bernstein
    Germany

    Amber

  • Berra
    Italy

    Someone living in a hut, or a short personal name

  • Berríos
    Spain

    New place

  • Berro
    Spain

    A plant-related locality or another landscape name

  • Berry
    England

    Dweller by the fortified manor

  • Berthier
    France

    Bright army

  • Berti
    Italy

    Bright (Bert-)

  • Bertin
    France

    Bright (diminutive)

  • Bertolini
    Italy

    Little Bertolo (Bartholomew)

  • Bertoni
    Italy

    Big Berto

  • Bertram
    England

    Bright raven

  • Bertran
    France

    A descendant of Bertrand (bright, raven)

  • Bertrand
    France

    Bright raven

  • Bertucci
    Italy

    A diminutive of Berto, from names like Alberto

  • Besson
    France

    Twin

  • Best
    England

    Beast, or herdsman

  • Betancourt
    Spain

    From Béthencourt

  • Bethune
    Scotland

    From Béthune in Artois

  • Beton
    Scotland

    A descendant of little Bate

  • Bettencourt
    Portugal

    From Béthencourt

  • Betts
    England

    Son of Bet (Beatrice)

  • Bevan
    Wales

    Son of Evan

  • Bevans
    Wales

    The son of Evan (young warrior)

  • Beveridge
    Scotland

    Beer drinker (nickname)

  • Bevilacqua
    Italy

    "drink water"

  • Bewley
    England

    Beautiful place

  • Beyer
    Germany

    Bavarian

  • Bezerra
    Portugal

    "heifer"

  • Bezerro
    Portugal

    Calf

  • Bialas
    Poland

    Fair-haired

  • Białek
    Poland

    Fair, white-haired

  • Bianchi
    Italy

    Fair- or white-haired (plural of Bianco)

  • Bianchini
    Italy

    Little fair one

  • Bianco
    Italy

    White, fair

  • Bickerstaff
    England

    Beekeepers' landing

  • Bickford
    England

    Bica's ford

  • Bickley
    England

    Place name

  • Biddle
    England

    Beadle, court officer

  • Bidwell
    England

    Someone who came from Bidwell (stream in a valley)

  • Bieber
    Germany

    Someone from Bieber, or a nickname from the beaver

  • Biedermann
    Germany

    An honest, upright man

  • Biel
    Germany

    Someone who came from Buhl or Buhler (small hill)

  • Bielecki
    Poland

    "from Bielec"

  • Bieler
    Germany

    A dweller on, or near, a hill

  • Bielski
    Poland

    "from Bielsk"

  • Biermann
    Germany

    Beer man / brewer

  • Bigelow
    England

    Bacga's clearing

  • Bigg
    England

    The large, tall, bulky or proud man

  • Bigger
    England

    Someone who buys, a purchaser

  • Biggers
    England

    Someone who buys, a purchaser

  • Biggs
    England

    Big, strong man

  • Bill
    Germany

    A descendant of Bilo

  • Bille
    Germany

    A descendant of Bilo

  • Biller
    England

    Someone who made bills

  • Billings
    England

    From Billing

  • Billingsley
    England

    Billing's clearing

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.