Origin and popularity of the name BEE

Origin

Bee : 1: English: from Middle English be(e) ‘bee’ (Old English bēo) hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.2: Americanized form of Norwegian Bye.

Apa : Italian (southern): from Sicilian and southern Italian apa lapa ‘bee’ applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a bee in some way or as a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.

Apuzzo : Italian (Campania): from a derivative of ape ‘bee’ hence an occupational name for a bee keeper or a nickname for an industrious person.

Bick : 1: Dutch and German: from Middle Dutch and Middle High German bicke ‘pickaxe’ or ‘chisel’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a stonemason or someone who made or worked with such tools.2: German and Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Burkhart.3: English: probably a metonymic occupational name for a bee keeper from Middle English bike ‘nest of wasps wild bees’. Compare Bicker.4: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Byk 2 or Bik 2 ‘bull ox’.5: Germanized or Americanized form of Polish and Rusyn Byk 1 or Bik 1 ‘bull ox’.

Immekus : German: probably Latinized form of Imme a variant of Imm or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper from Middle High German imbe imme ‘(swarm of) bees bee hive’.

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Last name frequency

Geographic distribution of the 25,465 individuals with the name BEE on Geneanet.

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