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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BEAUCHAMP

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(origin: Nor. Fr.) De Beauchamp, from the fair or beautiful field; in Latin. De Bello Campo.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English (or Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of several places in France, for example in Manche and Somme, that are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + champ(s) ‘field’, ‘plain’. In English the surname is generally pronounced Beecham.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)