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De Beer is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname, meaning "the bear". Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Cornelius de Beer [ es ] (c.1590–1651), Dutch painter and engraver active in Spain; son of Joos
The name 'De Beers' was derived from the two Dutch settlers, brothers Diederik Arnoldus de Beer (1825–1878) and Johannes Nicolaas de Beer (1830–1883), who owned a South African farm named Vooruitzicht (Dutch for "prospect" or "outlook") near Zandfontein in the Boshof District of Orange Free State. After they discovered diamonds on their ...
Behr is a given name and surname that derives from the German Bär ().Older forms of the name, Bela and Belo (related to the old High German Belo), occur in the Memorbuch.The diminutive forms Baeril (Berel) and Baerush (Berush) are used among Polish and Russian Jews.
De Beers tried its hand at growing a lab-grown diamond jewelry business for six years before ditching it earlier this year. But a segment of that failed attempt has flourished—and it has nothing ...
Beer is an English and German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: Notable people with this surname include the following: Aaron Beer (1739–1821), German ḥazzan
Bjorn, Bjorne (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less often a surname. The name means "bear" (the animal).
Beers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adrian Beers (1916–2004), British double bass player; Alanson Beers (1808–1853), American pioneer and politician
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).