Beaver
Name on maps
Beaver is an uncommon given name and a surname, borne by the fictional character Beaver Cleaver from the 1950s sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
It also appears in place names: Beaver Creek, Beaver Falls. (Lowercase beaver is the animal.)
surname
Hereditary family identifier
- given namePersonal name from birth
- Beaver CountyRochester, Baden, Bridgewater, Conway, Georgetown
- Oklahoma PanhandleKenton, Hooker, Tyrone, Laverne, Felt
- seaplanesseaplanes, floatplane, floatplanes, flying boat, flying boats
- Alaska PlacesJuneau, Fairbanks, Nome, Sitka, Ketchikan
- First NationsCree, Ojibwe, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Inuit
- Alberta Indigenous LanguagesCree, Blackfoot
building/construction behavior
Beaverdestroyer
One that ruins completely
demolisher · wrecker · vandal · parasite · nomad
PERSONAL NAME/CHARACTER (Leave It to Beaver)
BeaverBart Simpson
Dennis the Menace · Beavis · juvenile delinquent · bad seed · troublemaker
- beaver peltsProcessed rodent hides
- eager beaverOverly enthusiastic person
- beaver damRodent-built stream blockade
- busy beaversExtremely active workers
- busy as a beaverTirelessly hardworking idiom
- beaver lodgeSemi-aquatic rodent dwelling