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Beryl (given name)

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Beryl
A gold and beryl ring. The name is taken from the beryl used to make jewelry.
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/name(female) Greek
Meaningberyl

Beryl is a given name with reference to the mineral beryl. Although more commonly used for females, it is deemed unisex[citation needed] due to occasional American usage as a male name. Use as a male name likely comes from a variant spelling of the surname Burrell, whose seeming root is the Old French bovre, a reddish-brown woolen fabric with the resultant name denoting a worker in the wool trade.[citation needed] Beryl may also be a variant spelling of the Yiddish (Judeo-German) male name Berel.

Like most jewel names, Beryl's use as a female name dates from the late 19th-century: dancer Beryl de Zoete and actress Beryl Mercer would have been among the earliest namesakes being born respectively in 1879 and 1882. The female name Beryl was always more popular in the British Isles than in North America; since the mid-20th century the name has become somewhat unfashionable in the British Isles.

Females

Females named Beryl include:

Males

Males named Beryl include:

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