Beryl Forename
8,028th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 129,999 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Seychelles
Beryl Forename Definition:
A female name. Greek βήρυλλος (of doubtful etymology, see Oxford English Dictionary s.v.), the name of a precious stone. Its use as a christian name seems to be modern; Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed.
Read More About This ForenameBeryl Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 56,206 | 1:989 | 217 |
| Kenya | 100% | 26,527 | 1:1,746 | 331 |
| United States | 88% | 15,073 | 1:24,052 | 1,821 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,125 | 1:8,903 | 1,562 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,609 | 1:552 | 125 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,518 | 1:523 | 112 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,222 | 1:10,283 | 1,183 |
| Australia | - | 1,476 | 1:9,253 | 907 |
| Ghana | - | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,159 | 1:3,914 | 615 |
| Scotland | 100% | 942 | 1:5,680 | 506 |
| Philippines | 77% | 642 | 1:165,124 | 7,804 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 372 | 1:58,093 | 3,619 |
| China | - | 338 | 1:4,041,585 | 51,314 |
| Guyana | 100% | 306 | 1:2,494 | 491 |
| India | 88% | 281 | 1:4,323,409 | 173,801 |
| Barbados | - | 276 | 1:1,050 | 245 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 264 | 1:977,135 | 61,049 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 263 | 1:64,266 | 4,000 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 260 | 1:59,322 | 4,912 |
| Ireland | 100% | 259 | 1:17,929 | 952 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 253 | 1:5,381 | 920 |
| Bahamas | - | 248 | 1:1,610 | 380 |
| Seychelles | 90% | 239 | 1:388 | 61 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 227 | 1:782,222 | 21,195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 216 | 1:37,742 | 3,700 |
| Sweden | 100% | 202 | 1:48,802 | 2,591 |
| Jersey | - | 188 | 1:532 | 123 |
| France | 85% | 116 | 1:573,020 | 5,804 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 103 | 1:1,066 | 220 |
| Spain | 100% | 84 | 1:553,928 | 6,661 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 76 | 1:24,252 | 1,025 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 74 | 1:411,486 | 19,073 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 69 | 1:12,624 | 1,006 |
| Germany | 100% | 68 | 1:1,421,733 | 9,557 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Norway | 100% | 66 | 1:77,763 | 2,775 |
| Suriname | 100% | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Hong Kong | - | 60 | 1:129,212 | 2,970 |
| Israel | 73% | 58 | 1:144,878 | 5,262 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 49 | 1:167,622 | 4,226 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 48 | 1:12,103 | 1,135 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 44 | 1:2,259 | 487 |
| Qatar | 60% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Zambia | - | 37 | 1:428,508 | 10,596 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 35 | 1:3,188 | 601 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,021 | 229 |
| Panama | 100% | 33 | 1:118,381 | 5,491 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Belize | 100% | 29 | 1:12,218 | 1,691 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Saint Lucia | 96% | 25 | 1:7,113 | 1,099 |
| Grenada | 93% | 24 | 1:4,505 | 764 |
| Singapore | 100% | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Thailand | 100% | 24 | 1:2,919,409 | 69,251 |
| Uganda | 100% | 23 | 1:1,780,736 | 24,513 |
| Brazil | 100% | 22 | 1:9,738,007 | 121,504 |
| French Polynesia | - | 22 | 1:12,632 | 1,507 |
| Argentina | 100% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 19 | 1:549,014 | 14,985 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:3,406 | 692 |
| Chile | 88% | 18 | 1:978,178 | 8,954 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Finland | 59% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Peru | 92% | 13 | 1:2,445,496 | 23,318 |
| Denmark | - | 12 | 1:470,792 | 7,517 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11 | 1:1,044,549 | 12,446 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| Congo | 67% | 10 | 1:500,920 | 8,695 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Japan | - | 8 | 1:15,998,257 | 41,670 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8 | 1:752,292 | 11,019 |
| Taiwan | - | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Cook Islands | - | 6 | 1:3,026 | 469 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 4 | 1:1,809,201 | 8,869 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Italy | 100% | 3 | 1:20,354,030 | 45,650 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Russia | 100% | 3 | 1:48,077,901 | 98,779 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Liberia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Béryl (99) are calculated separately.
Beryl (1,954) may also be a surname.
Beryl Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Greek βήρυλλος (of doubtful etymology, see Oxford English Dictionary s.v.), the name of a precious stone. Its use as a christian name seems to be modern; Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 does not give it and no earlier example has come to light.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
By etymology ‘a soothsayer’, according to Helena Swan, Beryl soon came to be considered a ‘jewel-name’: cf. Pearl and Ruby. It is, however, possible that the ‘precious stone’ etymology is the correct one, for the Greek βήρυλλος (bērullos) is of Eastern origin: cf. Persian and Arabic ballur, crystal: hence, Beryl, ‘the crystal-clear,’ ‘the crystal-pure.’ (Weekley.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Meaning: she will impoverish.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Persian name, meaning: Crystal, name of gem stone.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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