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'.

# 948 in the US

Beverly Rank in US Top 1000

# 1108 on Nameberry

Beverly Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Beverly Popularity

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.

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.