Beg — Family Name, Records and Arms

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Beg usually leads back to Begg. In origin, the name means “Small”.

• Without the “g” of Begg, Beg is a simpler written form of the same name.
• Other spellings include Beggs.
• Beg ranked 36,099 in the 2010 US Census, with 621 people answering to the name.

Beg coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Begg surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Beg family name pack.