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Beverly Name Meaning, Origins & History

Beverly

Pronunciation: BEV-ur-lee

Meaning From the beaver stream or meadow Origin surnames Gender Girl
GIRLS RANK
#1,018
TREND
28
Peak Years
1953, 1947, 1954
Lowest Years
1893, 1897, 1899
Energy Archetype
Emotional & Intuitive

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of girls named Beverly in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Beverly

  • An established favorite: Beverly held a place in the U.S. top 100 for 39 consecutive years, from 1926 through 1964.
  • More than 383 thousand babies named Beverly: U.S. records list 383,191 babies given the name Beverly from 1880 through 2025. Even 4,632 boys received the name Beverly - about 1 boy for every 82 girls.

What Does the Name Beverly Mean?

Beverly is an English name taken from the place name Beverley in Yorkshire. It comes from Old English beofor, meaning beaver, and lacu, meaning stream or watercourse, so its usual meaning is beaver stream. The surname and given name are transferred forms of that place name. Some explanations give the second element as lēah, meaning woodland clearing or meadow, which yields beaver meadow or beaver clearing; the medieval form Beverlac supports lacu rather than lēah. The first element, beaver, is not disputed.

Beverly Name History & Origins

Beverly is a transferred use of the English surname Beverly or Beverley, which comes from the town of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The town grew around a monastery associated with John of Beverley, bishop of York and later a saint. Its name is recorded in Domesday Book as Beverlac, an early form that supports the second element lacu, meaning stream. The English town is usually spelled Beverley; the American given name and the city of Beverly, Massachusetts, use the spelling without the second e.

The surname spread in England and appears in colonial America. The place name was carried to New England in Beverly, Massachusetts, incorporated in 1668 and named for the Yorkshire town. From the surname and place name, Beverly became a given name. In the 19th-century United States it was used for men as well as women, but by the 20th century it was used mainly for women. The name also appears in fiction, such as the title character of Beverly of Graustark (1904), but that use follows the older place-name and surname history.

How Popular is the Name Beverly?

Beverly remained among the top 100 girl names in the U.S. from 1926 to 1964. Its highest annual birth count was in 1953, and people born that year turn 73 in 2026.

U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.

Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.

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How the Name Beverly Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.

Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.

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