Beulah

Hebrew
"married"

Beulah Origin and Meaning

The name Beulah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "married".

In the Bible, Beulah is a place, not a person, applied to the land of Israel by the prophet Isaiah. The land of Beulah has sometimes been considered a reference to heaven. Beulah began to be used as a given name in England at the time of the Reformation and was used by the seventeenth century Puritans.

The Beulah Show ran on the radio in the 1940s and became a television sitcom in the 1950s, the first to feature an African-American title character. But that accomplishment is undercut by the fact that Beulah is a somewhat stereotypical maid.

Only 14 baby girls were named Beulah in the US in 2015. So yes, the name Beulah would challenge the most audacious baby namer--but maybe that audacious baby namer is you.

# 973 in the US

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Beulah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Beulah Popularity

Famous People Named Beulah

  • Beulah Bondi
    American actress
  • Beulah McGillicutty
    ring name of Trisa Hayes, American pro wrestler
  • Beulah Marie Dix
    American screenwriter
  • Beulah Thomas
    birth name of Sippie Wallace, American blues singer
  • Beulah Louise Henry
    American inventor called "Lady Edison"
  • Beulah Marguerite Poynter
    American actress and author
  • Beulah Detwiler Gundling
    American synchronized swimmer and choreographer
  • Beulah Elizabeth Burke
    cofounder of the first black sorority in the U.S.
  • Beulah May Annan
    American suspected murderer who inspired Roxie Hart in musical "Chicago"

Beulah in Pop Culture

  • Beulah Brown
    main character in radio and TV series "Beulah"
  • Beulah
    character in "Gillian" by Frank Yerby
  • Beulah
    calf of Elsie the Borden cow and Elmer the Bull; twin to Beauregard
  • Jackie Beulah Burkhart
    character on TV's "That 70's Show"
  • Beulah
    American indie rock band
  • Beulah
    in poet William Blake's mythology, "the realm of the Subconscious, the source of poetic inspiration and of dreams."