Beverley
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- [ BEV-ər-lee ]
- English
Variant of BEVERLY.
 | BEVERLY female & male English From a surname which was originally derived from the name of an English city, itself meaning "beaver stream" in Old English. It came into use as a masculine given name in the 19th century, and it became common as an American feminine name after the publication of George Barr McCutcheon's novel 'Beverly of Graustark' (1904). | |||||||||||||||||||