Given name & surname
Bee
“one who blesses others”
Bee is a variant of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bee is a variant of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bee is a variant of Beatrice. An origin associated with Beatrice is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Bee is a diminutive of Beatrice.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,700
- 1,023 boys · 677 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,095 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,095 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,384 as a first name in 2020; 5,074 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.
Bee’s family of names
In English usage, Bee is a diminutive of Beatrice. Bee has a related form in Beatrice.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bee
- Bee VangAmerican actorborn 1991
- Bee WilsonBritish food writer, journalist and author (born 1974)
- Bee NguyenAmerican politician from Georgiaborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bee, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“one who is sleek”
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