Message: "meaning of name Beethoven"

meaning of name Beethoven

by Edward (guest)

12/28/2004, 3:03 PM

I am told that the name BEETHOVEN means "beetfield". The name is Flemish-Dutch, and I find many names of HOVEN but I cannot find the meaning of HOVEN.

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- Andy ;—) (guest)

12/29/2004, 12:25 AM

The BEET part is correct, and HOVEN is related to German "Hof" (in this case: farm). So BEETHOVEN was the name for someone from a beetroot farm. Or else from a place called B. in Flandria.

This is taken from Familiennamen (Dudenverlag 2000)

Andy ;—)

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