Given name & surname
Beasley
“from the pea meadow”
Beasley is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the pea meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the pea meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beasley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 11 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,300 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,300 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 127 as a first name in 2020; 45,439 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beasley’s family of names
Beasley has a related form in Beaslea. Beasley has a related form in Beasleah. Beasley has a related form in Beaslee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Beeslyvariant · English
- Beesleyvariant · English
- Beaslyvariant
- Beasleighvariant
- Beasleahvariant
- Beasleavariant
- Beasleevariant
- Beaslievariant
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