Bevel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bevel

What is the meaning of the name Bevel ?

The baby name Bevel is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɛvəl/ (BEV-uhl).

Bevel is English in Origin.

Bevel is an uncommon English given name and surname with two etymological paths. One derives from a Norman French toponym Beuville or Beauville (beau 'fair, beautiful' + ville 'settlement'), which entered England as the medieval surname Beville/Bevil; hence the sense 'from the beautiful town.' The other is a modern word-name taken from bevel, the sloping edge or adjustable tool; Middle English bevil comes from Old French baivel, ultimately from baer 'to gape, open,' yielding associations of angle, craft, and precision.

As a given name in Britain, Bevel/Bevil appears from the 16th-17th centuries, especially in Cornwall, most famously borne by Royalist commander Sir Bevil Grenville. In the U.S. and elsewhere it has occurred sporadically as a transferred surname since the 19th century and today reads rare and distinctive, sometimes unisex. Variants include Bevil, Bevill, Beville; short form Bev; modern elaborations such as Bevelyn or Bevelin exist but are recent coinages.

⚙ Bevel is vanishingly rare. We count just 6 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 3 countries.