Bieber Family History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German biber, German Biber, or Yiddish biber ‘beaver’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way or a topographic name for someone who lived in a place frequented by beavers or by a field named with this word.

Alternatively, it may be a habitational name from any of various placenames in Hesse containing this element. As a Jewish name, it is largely artificial.

This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Beaber, Beaver, and Beeber.