Bea

Diminutive of Beatrice

"she who brings happiness"

Updated Fri Nov 15 2024

Bea Origin and Meaning

The name Bea is a girl's name meaning "she who brings happiness".

Bea is a former old lady name that's cute again as a short form -- and is now beginning to stand on its own. Bee is a variation that, like Bea, can work as a diminutive for any name that starts with the letter B, or in the middle. Bea actually stood alone on the popularity lists for four years at the beginning of the twentieth century--and it could happen again.

Golden Girl Bea Arthur was born a Bernice.

# 973 in the US

Bea Rank in US Top 1000

# 453 on Nameberry

Bea Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Bea Popularity

453Nameberry2024
749England2021
47Finland2023

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Famous People Named Bea

Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel)
American actress
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet
American actress
Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie
Canadian,British actress
Beatrice Annika "Bea" Miller
American singer and songwriter
Bea Alonzo (born Phylbert Angelie Ranollo Fagestrom)
British,Filipina actress
Beanca Marie "Bea" Binene
Filipina actress
Beatrice "Bea" Booze
American R&B singer
Beatrice "Bea" Wain
American pop singer
Beatriz "Bea" Segura
Spanish actress
Bea Flora
retired Polish adult model

Bea in Pop Culture

Beatriz "Bea" Aguilar
character in "The Shadow of the Wind" and its sequel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Bea
character in the musical "Something Rotten"
Bea
character on animated series "Fish Hooks"
Bea Kivlan
character in "The Accident Season" by Moira Fowley,Doyle
Bea Simmons
character in an episode of "The Simpsons"
Bea Finch (nee Holloway)
character in "Land Girls"
Beatrice "Bea" Santello
character from "Night in the Woods"
Beatrix "Bea" Nilsson
character in Australian soap "Neighbours"

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