Bober Family History
Bober Name Meaning
Polish Ukrainian Rusyn and Jewish (from Ukraine and Poland): from Polish bóbr ‘beaver’ Ukrainian Rusyn and Yiddish bober applied as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way. As a Jewish name it is mainly artificial. As a Rusyn name it is also found in Slovakia. Germanized form of Sorbian Bobr: nickname from bobr ‘beaver’ (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022