Bev
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning from beaver stream; a form of Beverly.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Bev by the numbers
Its American peak was 127 babies in 1959, making it a 1950s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bev. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Bev, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)