Beauclerk
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From a Norman nickname meaning 'fair clerk'; perhaps a handsome priest or someone with attractive handwriting (Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history])
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
Beauclerk is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- ZASouth Africa
- AUAustralia
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Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From a Norman nickname meaning 'fair clerk'; perhaps a handsome priest or someone with attractive handwriting.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Beauclerk is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, clerk’, used either of a handsome priest or of one who wrote with a fair hand, from OF beu, bel fair, lovely (see Beau) + clerc clerk, cleric (see Clark) . This is the family name of the Dukes of St Albans. They are des¬ cended from Charles Beauclerk (7670-/726), a natural son of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, who ivas created Duke in 1684.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, Topham, English dandy
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albansb. 1670GBBritish Duke (1670-1726)
- Osborne Beauclerk, 12th Duke of St Albansb. 1874GBDuke of Saint Albans (1874-1964)
- Louise Robeyb. 1960CAnot in their usual nameCanadian actress and singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Beauclerk mean, and where does it come from?
- From a Norman nickname meaning 'fair clerk'; perhaps a handsome priest or someone with attractive handwriting. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Beauclerk have the most bearers?
- Beauclerk is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Beauclerk”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.