Girl · Old English
Beverly
Say it: BEV-er-lee
Meaning
From the town of Beverley in Yorkshire, Old English beofor 'beaver' + a word for 'stream' or 'lake'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Originally a boys' name from the surname, it became a popular American girls' name from the 1930s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 382,074 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1937, about 1 in 110 girls
- 173 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Beverley
Famous bearers
- Beverly Sills, American opera singer
- Beverly Cleary, American children's author
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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