The baby name Bevys is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BEE-vis (IPA: /ˈbiːvɪs/).
The baby name Bevys is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BEE-vis (IPA: /ˈbiːvɪs/).
Bevys is English, Norman in Origin.
Bevys is a medieval English masculine given name and surname variant of Bevis/Beavis. It descends from Anglo-Norman Beves/Beuves, known from the chivalric romance Sir Bevis of Hampton. In onomastics two etymologies exist: locative from the Picard city of Beauvais (de Beauvais > Bevis/Bevys), and adaptation of the Old French personal name Beuve(s), from a continental Germanic Bovo/Bevo.
The name circulated in 13th–15th‑century England; spellings Bevys, Beves, Beues occur. As a given name it waned after the medieval period, seeing antiquarian revivals in the 18th–19th centuries; as a surname, Bevis/Beavis remained established in southern England. Meaning is read either as “man from Beauvais” or as deriving from a Germanic pet‑name of uncertain sense, perhaps linked to a root for “ox” or to the prolific B‑ names of the Franks. Modern variants include Bevis, Beavis, Beves, Beuves; feminine Beuve appears in French hagiography.
Bevys barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 2 recorded uses, across 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
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