The story
- Swedish · borrowed fromBelfrage
- Old English · derived frombefer“beaver”
- English todayBelfrage
Two main origins: * Scottish habitational surname from an island in the Severn, from Old English befer (“beaver”) + īeġ (“island”). * Borrowed from Swedish Belfrage.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbefer all →
BeverleyBeresford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.