Given name & surname
Bevis
“an archer”
Bevis is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “an archer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “an archer.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bevis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,479 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.
Bevis’s family of names
Bevis has a related form in Beavis. Bevis has a related form in Beaviss. Bevis has a related form in Beavys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Bevis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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