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Beverly or Beverley is an
English surname , which was in turn taken from the place name
Beverley . The place name derives from
Old English , combining befer ("beaver") and leah ("clearing').[
citation needed ]
It is also a
given name . It was at one time a common masculine given name, but is now almost exclusively a feminine name due to the popularity of a 1904 novel, Beverly of Graustark by
George Barr McCutcheon .
[1] Its association with
Beverly Hills, California , where many well known film actors live, might also have contributed to its usage in the United States.
[2]
Usage
The name ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States between 1905 and 1999 and was among the top 100 names for American girls between 1926 and 1964. It was at the peak of its popularity in 1937, when it was the 14th most popular name for newborn girls. It was also among the 1,000 most popular names for American boys at different points between 1880 and 1954.
It was among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Canada between 1929 and 1963, and among the top 100 names for newborn girls in New Zealand between 1930 and 1953.
[3] As of 2024
[update] the name is again increasing in usage, influenced by the popularity of similar sounding names such as
Everly and
Bellamy .
[4]
People with the name
Notable people with the name Beverly or Beverley include:
Given name
Beverly Aadland (1942–2010), American film actress
Beverly Adams (born 1945), Canadian-American actress and author
Beverly Allen (born 1945), Australian botanical artist
Beverley Allitt (born 1968), British serial killer of children
Beverly Anderson (born 1943), American mathematician and professor
Beverly Archer (
fl. 1970s–2000s ), American actress
Beverly Armstrong (born 1934), American girl's baseball pitcher
Beverley Badenhorst , South African politician
Beverley Bass (born
c. 1951 ), American pilot
Beverly Bayne (1894–1982), American actress
Beverley "Bev" Bevan (born 1944), English rock musician
Beverly A. Bodem (born 1940), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
Beverly Boys (born 1951), Canadian diver
Beverly Briley (1914–1980), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (1963–1975)
Beverly Caimen (born 1994), stage name
Beverly , Filipino pop singer in Japan
Beverly Chester-Burton (born 1963), American politician
Beverley Cochrane Cayley (1898–1928), Canadian lawyer and mountaineer
Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), American children's author
Beverley Cressman , British actress
Beverly A. Davis (1868–1944), American lawyer and politician
Beverly B. Douglas (1822–1878), United States Representative from Virginia
Beverly M. Emerson , American biochemist
Beverly Baker Fleitz (1930–2014), American tennis player
Beverly A. Gage (died 1997), American politician
Beverly Thomas Galloway (1863–1938), American plant pathologist
Beverly Garland (1926–2008), American actress
Beverley Garlick (born 1944), Australian architect
Beverly Anne Giesbrecht (1953–2010), Canadian convert to Islam and web designer
Beverley Goddard (born 1956), former British sprinter
Beverley Goodway (1943–2012), British glamour photographer
Beverley Harper (1943–2002), Australian author of novels set in Africa
Beverly Harvard (born 1950), American police chief
Beverly Johnson (born 1952), American supermodel
Beverley Knight (born 1973), English soul and R&B singer-songwriter
Beverly B. Martin (born 1955), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Beverley Randolph Mason (1834–1910), American educator
Beverly McClellan (1969–2018), American singer, contestant in the first season of the American TV series The Voice
Beverley McLachlin (born 1943), Canadian jurist and 17th Chief Justice of Canada
Beverley Mitchell (born 1981), American actress and country music singer
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), English author
Beverley Randolph (1754–1797), eighth governor of Virginia
Beverley Shenstone (1906–1979), Canadian aerodynamicist
Beverly Sills (1929–2007), American operatic soprano
Beverly Burnsed Spencer (1941–2019), American politician and university administrator
Beverley Wang , Canadian-Australian radio producer and presenter
Beverly Washburn (born 1943), American actress
Beverly Watkins (1939–2019), American blues guitarist
Beverly Woolley (born 1939), American politician
Beverly Wright (
fl. 1990s–2020s ), American environmental justice scholar
Surname
Beverly
Beverley
Charles James Beverley (1788–1868), British Naval surgeon, FRS.
Cliff Beverley (born 1977), former New Zealand Rugby League player
Harry Beverley (rugby league, born 1907) , rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s
Harry Beverley (rugby league, born 1947) , rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
Henry Roxby Beverley (1790–1863), English actor
James R. Beverley (1894–1967), United States lawyer
Jo Beverley (1947–2016), British novelist
Nick Beverley (born 1947), former Canadian National Hockey League player and head coach
Patrick Beverley (born 1988), American basketball player
Peter Beverley (
c. 1668 – 1728), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Robert Beverley Jr. (1673–1722), American historian
Trazana Beverley , American actress
William Beverley (1696–1756), American legislator, civil servant, planter, and landowner
Fictional characters
"B", real name Beverly, from
Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
Beverly, the owl spirit, from
Spiritfarer
Beverly Bighead, one of the supporting characters in
Rocko's Modern Life
Beverley Carlton, a character in the play
The Man Who Came to Dinner , based on
Noël Coward
Beverly Crusher , in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and related media
Beverly Harris, in the sitcom
Roseanne
Beverly Hope, a recurring character in the television series
American Horror Story: Cult , played by
Adina Porter
Beverly Katz, in the novel Red Dragon and the TV series
Hannibal
Beverly King, brother to Felix King in
The Story Girl and
The Golden Road , by
L. M. Montgomery
Beverley Leslie, a recurring character (
Karen Walker ' s frenemy) in the sitcom
Will and Grace
Beverly Mantle, one of the identical twin main characters of the movie
Dead Ringers , both played by Jeremy Irons
Beverly Marsh , the only female member of the loser's club in Stephen King's novel
It
Beverly Marshall, in the Australian soap opera
Neighbours
Beverly Moss, the central character of Mike Leigh's television play
Abigail's Party
Beverly Weston, in the play
August: Osage County
References