Bev

Where Bev comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bev.

Bev through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #4,349 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1944
    Bev Bevan born
    British drummer
  4. 1944
    Bev Oda born
    Canadian broadcaster, politician
  5. 1959
    Peak, #929
    127 babies named Bev, the most in any year.
  6. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,623.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Bev Bevan · British drummer, born 1944
  • Bev Oda · Canadian broadcaster, politician, born 1944
  • Bev Lyon · English cricketer, 1902–1970
  • Bev Wilson · Australian cricketer, born 1949
  • Bev Shipley · Canadian politician, born 1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.