Bee

Animal name or diminutive of Beatrice
"she who brings happiness"

Bee Origin and Meaning

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

We've seen Beatrice and Beatrix climb in popularity, along with traditional nickname Bea. And now there's Bee, giving it a buzzy nature world spin, plus a tie to popular late night TV''s Samantha Bee, not to mention Aunt Bee on the old The Andy Griffith Show TV show. Bee can theoretically be short for any girl names starting with B.

# 842 in the US

Bee Rank in US Top 1000

# 1164 on Nameberry

Bee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Bee Popularity

Famous People Named Bee

  • Behati "Bee" Prinsloo
    Namibian supermodel
  • Bee Vang
    American actor
  • Bee Yang
    Hmong,American singer and father of writer Kao Kalia Yang
  • Katherine "Bee" Shaffer (b. 1987)
    daughter of Vogue editor Anna Wintour
  • Bianca "Bee"
    of HeyImBee Youtube gaming channel
  • Bee Williamson
    daughter of musician Harry Williamson
  • Samantha Bee
    Canadian,American comedienne and TV personality

Bee in Pop Culture

  • Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor
    character on "The Andy Griffith Show"
  • Arabella Beatrice "Bee" Hemming
    main character in "Sister" by Rosamund Lupton
  • Bee Branch
    from "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" a novel by Maria Semple
  • Bee
    main character in "Bee and Puppycat," animated web series
  • Bee
    main character in 'Beholding Bee" by Kimberly Fusco
  • Bee
    character in "The Babysitter"
  • Mary Bee Cuddy
    main character in film "The Homesman"
  • Burt's Bees
    American natural personal care company
  • Bumblebee "Bee"
    a male Autobot in the Transformers franchise