| 1 | French | Beauchamp | — |
| 2 | French | beau | handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair |
| 3 | Middle French | beau | beautiful; handsome; attractive |
| 4 | Old French | beau | Alternative form of biau; fair |
| 5 | Latin | bellus | beautiful, pretty, handsome; pleasant, agreeable,... |
| 6 | Latin | villus | hair, tuft of hair, shaggy hair |
| 7 | Latin | vellus | The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool; The... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |