Beg Family History
Beg Name Meaning
Muslim (mainly the Indian subcontinent) and Croatian: from the Ottoman Turkish title beg an older form of bey denoting a rank of nobility (see Bey ) and widely used as a title of respect for a man (in some parts of Croatia formerly also among Christians). As a Croatian surname it may also be a nickname of the same or different origin (see 2 below). Compare Baig . Slovenian: probably from beg ‘escape getaway’ denoting a refugee from the Turks (i.e. the Ottoman Empire) in the 15th and 16th centuries (see Turk compare Skok ). Alternatively a nickname from the Ottoman Turkish title beg (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022