Beverley
Beverly or Beverley is a name and surname. It is derived from 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).
- English
Meaning & Origin of Beverley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Beverly or Beverley is a name and surname. It is derived from 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).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Beverley
Beverley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1938: 407 births, good for #309 nationwide. The 1930s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 27% of all recorded Beverleys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 13K Beverleys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Beverley
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About the name Beverley
Beverley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Beverley's peak popularity came in 1938 when it ranked #309. Use the chart and map above to compare Beverley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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