The beagle Surname
beagle Name Meaning and History
- English: unexplained; possibly a variant of Beadle, or a nickname from the breed of small hound called a beagle.
- Alternatively, it may be from French bégueule ‘gaper’, Old French begueulle ‘noisy shouting person’, a word which has been proposed as the etymology of the English term for the dog.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Biegel.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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