Americanized spelling of German Bieber or Biber, from
Middle High German biber ‘beaver’, hence a nickname for someone
thought to resemble the animal in some way, a topographic name for
someone who lived in a place frequented by beavers or by a field named
with this word, or a habitational name from any of various place names
in Hesse containing this element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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