Heraldry and the Beetle Surname

Beetle is an English surname. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who came from Beetley (wood where wooden mallets were obtained), in Norfolk”.

Heraldry and the Beetle name

Sharing the Beetle name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Surname origin

That makes it a habitational name, first given to someone from that place.

Get the complete Beetle report, with a museum-style coat of arms.