Beverly
Beverly or Beverley was at one time commonly a masculine given name but is now almost exclusively a feminine name. It is derived from an English surname, which was in turn taken from the place name, Beverley. The placename derives from Old English, combining the words befer "beaver" and leah "clearing".
Geography
Beverly
- United States
- Beverly, Chicago, Illinois, a community area
- Beverly, Kansas, a city
- Beverly, Kentucky
- Beverly, Massachusetts, a city
- Beverly, New Jersey, a city
- Beverly, Ohio, a village
- Beverly, Washington
- Beverly, West Virginia, a town
- Canada
- Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalgamated with the City of Edmonton in 1961
Beverley
- United Kingdom
- Beverley, a market town, and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Beverley Brook, a minor tributary of the River Thames in south west London
- Australia
- Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
- Beverley, Western Australia, a town
- Shire of Beverley, Western Australia
- United States
- Beverley (West Virginia), a historic farm near Charles Town
People
Surname
- Beverley Sisters, a British singing trio of the 1950s and 60s
- Charles Beverly, American baseball player
- Cliff Beverley (born 1977), former New Zealand Rugby League player
- Frankie Beverly (born 1946), American soul/funk singer-songwriter
- Harry Beverley, rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s, for Great Britain, England, Yorkshire, Hunslet, and Halifax
- Harry Beverley, rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s England, Dewsbury, Workington Town, and Fulham RLFC
- Hattie Beverly, (1874-1904) African American school teacher
- Henry Roxby Beverley (1790–1863), English actor
- James R. Beverley (1894–1967), United States lawyer
- Jo Beverley (born 1947), British novelist
- Nick Beverley (born 1947), former Canadian Ice Hockey player
- Patrick Beverley (born 1988), American basketball player
- Peter Beverley (c. 1668–1728), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
- Robert Beverley, Jr. (1673–1722), American historian
- Trazana Beverley, American actress
- William Beverley (1696–1756), American legislator, civil servant, planter, and landowner
Given name
- Beverly Bayne (1894–1982), American actress
- Beverly Boys (born 1951), Canadian diver
- Beverly Briley (1914-1980), mayor of Nashville, Tennessee (1963-1975)
- Beverly Cleary (born 1916), American children's author
- Beverly Baker Fleitz (born 1930), American tennis player
- Beverly Garland (1926-2008), American actress
- Beverley Goddard (born 1956), former British sprint athlete
- Beverley Goodway (1943–2012), British glamour photographer
- Beverley Knight (born 1973), English soul and R&B singer/songwriter
- Beverley Randolph Mason (1834–1910), American educator
- Beverley McLachlin (born 1943), Chief Justice of Canada
- Beverley Mitchell (born 1981), American actress and country music singer
- Beverley Nichols (1898-1983), English author
- Beverley Randolph (1754–1797), eighth Governor of Virginia
- Beverly A. Rivers, (born 1958), American contemporary singer-songwriter-book author
- Beverly Sills (1929–2007), American operatic soprano
- Beverly Washburn (born 1943), American actress
- Beverly Watkins (born c. 1940), American blues guitarist
Fictional characters
- Beverly Crusher, character in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the spinoff films
- Beverly Harris, from the sitcom Roseanne
- Beverly Weston, in the play August: Osage County
- Beverly Katz, character in the novel "Red Dragon" and the TV series "Hannibal"
Other uses
- Beverly (Pocomoke City, Maryland), a historic home
- Beverly (Princess Anne, Maryland), a historic home
- Beverly (catamaran), an American catamaran that won various events in the early 1960s
- Beverly (drink), an apéritif made by Coca-Cola in Italy
- The Beverly Center, a monolithic shopping center in Los Angeles, California
- Blackburn Beverley, a 1950s British heavy transport aircraft
- Beverly (band), a Brooklyn-based indie band
See also
- Beverly Hills (disambiguation)
- Edmonton Beverly-Clareview, Alberta, Canada, provincial electoral district
- Beverly Heights, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a neighbourhood
- Lower Beverley Lake, Ontario, Canada