Given name
Beyonce
“one who surpasses others”
Beyonce is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who surpasses others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who surpasses others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beyonce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,970
- 0 boys · 1,970 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 353 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 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 353 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,672 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.
Beyonce’s family of names
Beyonce has a related form in Beyoncay. Beyonce has a related form in Beyoncea. Beyonce has a related form in Beyonceah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Beyonceevariant
- Beyonceahvariant
- Beyonceavariant
- Beyoncievariant
- Beyoncivariant
- Beyonsaevariant
- Beyonsaivariant
- Beyonsayvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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