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beau Name Meaning and History

French: nickname for a handsome man (perhaps also ironically for an ugly one), from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ (Late Latin bellus). See also Bel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The beau name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the beau family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of beau Families in the US in 1920
Number of beau families
 5-8
 2-4		 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 3 - Messages: 5
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Beau of Ogdensburg, NY and Canada jwanegar 2
John Beau d 1754 sihrman 0
le beau rita matthews 0
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