Bee

Animal name or English diminutive of Beatrice, Latin

"she who brings happiness"

Bee Origin and Meaning

The name Bee is a girl's name of English origin meaning "she who brings happiness".

We've seen Beatrice and Beatrix climb in popularity, along with traditional nickname Bea. And now there's Bee, giving it a buzzy nature world spin, plus a tie to popular late night TV''s Samantha Bee, not to mention Aunt Bee on the old The Andy Griffith Show TV show. Bee can theoretically be short for any girl names starting with B.

Bee Rank in US Top 1000

# 842 in the US

Bee Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1221 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Bee

• 1221 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Bee

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Bee.

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• Posey
• Cricket
• Sunday
• Posy
• Clove
• Fawn
• Arbor
• Fern
• Sparrow
• Pepper
• Tuesday
• Honey
• Plum
• Pixie
• Story
• Sable
• Fable

Famous People Named Bee

• Behati "Bee" Prinsloo Namibian supermodel
• Bee Vang American actor
• Bee Yang Hmong,American singer and father of writer Kao Kalia Yang
• Katherine "Bee" Shaffer (b. 1987) daughter of Vogue editor Anna Wintour
• Bianca "Bee" of HeyImBee Youtube gaming channel
• Bee Williamson daughter of musician Harry Williamson
• Samantha Bee Canadian,American comedienne and TV personality

The name Bee in Pop Culture

• Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor character on "The Andy Griffith Show"
• Arabella Beatrice "Bee" Hemming main character in "Sister" by Rosamund Lupton
• Bee Branch from "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" a novel by Maria Semple
• Bee main character in "Bee and Puppycat," animated web series
• Bee main character in 'Beholding Bee" by Kimberly Fusco
• Bee character in "The Babysitter"
• Mary Bee Cuddy main character in film "The Homesman"
• Burt's Bees American natural personal care company
• Bumblebee "Bee" a male Autobot in the Transformers franchise