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Beverly (girl)

What does Beverly mean?

Beverly Pronunciation of Beverly as a girls' name (also used less regularly as boys' name Beverly) is pronounced BEV-er-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Beverly is "beaver stream or meadow". Originally an English place name and a surname, then used as a given name. Famous as a place name referring to Beverly Hills. The English spelling is usually Beverley. Singer Beverly Sills.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Be-, -ly

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, stream (river), meadow, surname, hills (mountain)

Variations

VARIANTS Bev, Bevalee, Beverle, Beverlee, Beverley, Beverlie, Beverlye, Bevie, Bevlyn, Bevverlie, Bevverly, Bevvy, Buffy, Lee, Verlee, Verlie, Verly, Verlye

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Beverly Cecilia (B.C.), ..

How popular is Beverly?

Beverly is a very popular first name for females (#73 out of 4276, Top 2%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2822 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Beverly entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its peak rank of #20 in the U.S. during the years 1930-1939, and is currently at #1293. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Beverly name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Beverly outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Bev, Beverlee, Beverley, Buffy, Lee, Verlee and Verlie are the prominent related forms of Beverly (#1293 IN 2018) listed in the Top 2000. Adoption of these relations of Beverly was more pronounced among parents during the years 1930-1939 (MEDIAN #1081) and has become much reduced since.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Beverly, Bev, Beverlee, Beverley, Buffy in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lee, Verlee, Verlie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Beverly and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Amberly, Bently, Berny, Berrty (see Bertha), Berry, Berty, Cecely, Devery, Heavenly, Keely, Keyely, Neely, Seely and Waverly. These names tend to be less frequently used than Beverly.

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