Surname Spotlight: Belliveau

Belliveau is a French surname. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “dweller in a beautiful valley. k”.

Surname origin

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,936 people named Belliveau, ranking it number 15,217 among American surnames.

Heraldry and the Belliveau name

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Belliveau family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

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