Help! "Naomi Beet". Is it British Christian or Jewish name?

Question

I've lived in UK all my life but aint sure where my surname originates from.

Do you think it's a Christian or Jewish name?

Answer 1

Could be either. Many people with Jewish names changed them to something that was easier for Christians to spell and pronounce. Many Christian names were taken from their professions - and beets were a source of sugar so a beet farmer might have the surname Beet. So - your name could be either. There's really no way of telling unless you can trace it back for a number of generations.,

Answer 2

It sure seems to be British.  There are a lot of Beets in the census from Britain.    I don't think surnames have a religion.

If you are interested in your heritage, you need to research your family tree.

Answer 3

Unless you research your family tree properly you are never really going to know but here are a couple of ideas.

This site  http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl is an index of births, marriages and deaths in England from 1837- 1920ish.

Jewish people often have Jewish sounding first names like Abraham, Mordecai etc non-Jewish more often have names like James or John etc . So see what is most common for those with the surname Beet.

If they are Jewish there will also be a tendency to marry people who also have Jewish sounding names.

This site has many records http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f... search and see if lots of people named Beet were christened in a church, if they did they were not Jewish.

You may also like to look at this Jewish genealogy site.

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/

Answer 4

I really don't think its a Jewish name.