The Beverly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,978 people carried this name — #2,992 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,631 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Beverly surname

A common place name from the surname or the given name:.

A variant spelling of Beverley.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Beverly» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Beverley’.

His entry covers Beverley and Beverly.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 99 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Beverly, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 115 people lived in those households, 4.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 4
New York 3
Virginia 3
North Carolina 3
Maine 2
New Hampshire 2
Maryland 2
Massachusetts 1
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Beverly in American newspapers,
1906–1925.

Newspaper page from El Mundo carrying the name Beverly
El Mundo 1925-08-15
Newspaper page from The Wenatchee Daily World carrying the name Beverly
The Wenatchee Daily World 1906-07-28
Newspaper page from The Wenatchee Daily World carrying the name Beverly
The Wenatchee Daily World 1906-08-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Beverly in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

5,383 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beverly. The most, 1,446, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,016
Victoria 1,052
Queensland 968
South Australia 707
Tasmania 233
Western Australia 191
ACT (Canberra) 145
Northern Territory 14

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beverly.

Who carried it

People named Beverly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Beverly
    Arthur Beverly 1822–1907 · astronomer
  • Robert G. Beverly
    Robert G. Beverly 1925–2009 · politician
  • Hattie Beverly 1874–1904 · teacher
  • Frankie Beverly 1946–2024 · composer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beverly,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States697 records

697 records of the Beverly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 363
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 172
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 87
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William B. Beverly

    Born 1915 in Maryland. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore; tailor from Baltimore County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Francis M. Beverly

    Born 1948; from Jamaica, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Kien Tuong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Beverly

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Sir Robert Peel from Liverpool, aged 18; seamstress. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 697 records for Beverly in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Beverly name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Beverly

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Captain Cook, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1844.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Craib Beverly

    Farmer of South Gippsland, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Beverly

    Arrived in Victoria in 1909 aboard the Oroya, aged 26.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Beverly in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Beverly name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 11
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillie Belle Beverly

    Died 1956; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Christina E. Beverly

    Died 1949 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Beverly

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 14 records for Beverly in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Beverly name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Beverly

    Married in 1767 in Rotterdam; sergeant.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Johannes Beverly

    Baptised in 1755 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Simeon Beverly

    Baptised in 1759 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Beverly in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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