Family name origins & meanings
- Most probably an Americanized form of French Bibeau, or an altered form of a Middle English and Old French nickname for a heavy drinker, beivrebout, from Old French beivre ‘to drink’ + bo(u)t ‘wine cask’. Compare Beavin.
- This name is recorded in NY and NJ in the early 18th century, so it is probably of English, French Huguenot, or Dutch origin.