Beach

English surname reflecting multiple origins, including the nouns beach and beech, and Americanized from the German surname Bisch.

Beach (countable and uncountable, plural Beachs or Beaches)

1. A surname.
   1. A surname from English
      1. A surname from landforms
   2. A surname from German
2. A placename
   1. A hamlet in Bitton parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref ST7070).
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Ware County, Georgia
      2. An unincorporated community in Webster County, Missouri.
      3. A small city, the county seat of Golden Valley County, North Dakota.
      4. An unincorporated community on Lummi Island, Whatcom County, Washington.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 118.

• Bache, bache