MacBee meaning | Last name MacBee origin

MacBee is variation of Betton. The ancestor of this family, Walter de Betton, had a freehold estate at Betton-Strange, near Shrewsbury, temp. Edward I. The head of the house changed his name to Bright not many years since.

The family name is variation of Beadon. Probably local; and of considerable antiquity in county of Devon, as Beaudin, Beadyn, etc.

Surname is a form of Beaton. Descendant of little Bate, a pet form of Bartholomew, son of Talmai, furrow, or of Bete or Beat, pet forms of Beatrice and Beatrix meaning "she who blesses".

The surname MacBee is variation of MacBeth. Descendant of Macbeatha meaning "son of life, a religious person," a personal name.

The form of Beaton. This great Scottish name is a corruption of Bethune. On the occasion of the marriage between James II of Scotland and Mary of Gueldres in 1448, a member of the distinguished family of Bethune, coming into Scotland in the train of the princess, was solicited by James to remain at the Scottish court, where he married the heiress of the great house of Balfour. His name was corrupted by the Scots to Bethun, Beton, and Beaton. See L'Histoire Genealogique de la Maison de Bethune, par André du Chesne.
Paris, 1639.