Given name & surname
Bev
“from the beaver's stream”·“the son of Evan”
In English use, Bev is a diminutive of Beverly. One English interpretation is “from the beaver's stream.” Bev is a variant of Bevan. One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Evan.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Bev is a diminutive of Beverly. One English interpretation is “from the beaver's stream.” Bev is a variant of Bevan. One Welsh interpretation is “the son of Evan.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Bev is a diminutive of Beverly. An origin associated with Beverly is English. Bev is a variant of Bevan. An origin associated with Bevan is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Bev is a diminutive of Beverly.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Bev is a diminutive of Beverley. The history of Beverley gives this family its wider story. Beverley’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bev through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,003
- 5 boys · 998 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 127 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 127 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,404 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bev’s family of names
In English usage, Bev is a diminutive of Beverly. Bev has a related form in Bevan. In English usage, Bev is a diminutive of Beverley.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bev
- Bev PerdueAmerican politician and 73rd Governor of North Carolinaborn 1947
- Bev BevanBritish drummerborn 1944
- Bev YanezAmerican soccer playerborn 1988
- Bev OdaCanadian broadcaster, politicianborn 1944
- Bev PriestmanEnglish football managerborn 1986
- Bev CraigBritish Labour Politician and Mayor of Greater Manchesterborn 1985
- Bev WilsonAustralian cricketerborn 1949
- Bev FrancisAustralian bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national shot put championborn 1955
- Bev LyonEnglish cricketer (1902-1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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