Beverly

English

"dweller near the beaver stream"

Beverly Origin and Meaning

The name Beverly is a girl's name of English origin meaning "dweller near the beaver stream".

The remarkable success of the girls' name Everly makes a revival of the name Beverly seem possible. More commonly a masculine name in the 19th century, it began to be used for girls in the early 1900s, reaching #14 ion the popular names list in 1937. Inspirations: Beverly Johnson was the first African-American model to appear on the cover of Vogue, Beverly Sills was a major American soprano, Beverly Cleary authored the beloved 'Ramona' books, and Beverly Goldberg is the beloved TV matriarch of 'The Goldbergs'.

Beverly Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Beverly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1287 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Beverly

• 1287 Nameberry 2025
• 177 Unique 2023

20 Names Similar to Beverly

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• Hillary
• Liza
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Famous People Named Beverly

• Beverly Ann Mitchell American actress
• Beverly Atlee (Bunn) Cleary American children's novelist
• Beverly Johnson American supermodel
• Beverly Heather D'Angelo American actress
• Beverly Elaine Aadland Fisher American actress
• Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue American politician, former governor of North Carolina
• Beverly McLachlin 17th and current Chief Justice of Canada
• Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman) American soprano
• Beverly "Bevy" Smith American television personality and stylist
• Beverly June "Bev" Yanez professional soccer player
• Beverly Ann Donofrio American author most noted for her 1992 best selling memoir, Riding in Cars with Boys. Drew Barrymore portrayed her in the film adaption.

The name Beverly in Pop Culture

• Dr. Beverly Crusher (born Beverly Cheryl Howard) character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
• Beverly Hunter character on TV's "All of Us"
• Beverly Penn character in Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale"
• Beverly "Bev" Marsh character in Stephen King's "IT"
• Beverly "Bev" Harris character on TV's "Roseanne"
• Beverly Parrott character in "Sims" series
• Beverly Leslie male character on TV's "Will & Grace"
• Beverly Barlowe character on TV's "Eureka"
• Beverly Hills city in California, USA
• Beverly Solomon Goldberg main character in the television series The Goldbergs.