De%20beer Family History
De%20beer Name Meaning
Dutch; Flemish (also Debeer): nickname for someone thought to resemble a bear or a boar from Dutch beer ‘bear boar’ + the definite article de or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear named for instance In de Berendans (‘In the Dancing Bear’). The surname De Beer is also established in South Africa. Jewish (Ashkenazic from the Netherlands): variant of Ber influenced by Dutch de beer ‘the bear’ (compare ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022