Beryl
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning green gemstone.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Beryl by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Beryl. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 311 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Beryl. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Berla form of Berel, meaning bear15 in the US (2017)
- Beritcovenant; a form of Bertha or Brit11 in the US (2017)
- Berryberry; fruit; used as given name from surname6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bertabright and famous; feminine form of Bert5 in the US (2017)
- Beren7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Berlyn26 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean green
Like Beryl, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Beryl
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