Beavis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Beavis

What is the meaning of the name Beavis ?

The baby name Beavis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbiːvɪs/ (BEE-vis).

Beavis is English in Origin.

Beavis is an English given name and surname, a variant of Bevis. It stems from Norman French: either a habitational byname for someone from Beauvais in Picardy (recorded in Anglo-Norman as Beveis), or from the medieval personal name Beuve/Beves, ultimately linked to a continental Germanic name such as Bovo; the precise meaning is uncertain. The romance hero Sir Bevis of Hampton (Boeve de Haumtone) helped establish the form in Middle English literature.

As a forename, Beavis/Bevis appears sporadically in English records from the 16th century, more persistent in southern counties, and later better known as a surname. Variants and spellings include Bevis, Beavis, Beviss, Beaviss, and Beauvais (mainly as a surname); Bev is a short form. Today the name is rare, and in the Anglophone world its strongest association is with the 1990s animated series Beavis and Butt-Head, which gives it a comic, irreverent edge.

⚙ Beavis is far from common. In all, it turns up just 31 times, across 14 countries.