Beryl
Greek
"sea-green jewel"Share
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Beryl Origin and Meaning
The name Beryl is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "sea-green jewel".
Dated British favorite that never caught on in this country, where Jade remains the green gem of choice. Interesting namesakes: British writer Beryl Bainbridge and British aviatrix Beryl Markham.
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Famous People Named Beryl
- Beryl Margaret BainbridgeEnglish novelist
- Beryl MarkhamEnglish aviatrix
- Beryl Audley BrydenEnglish jazz singer
- Beryl BurtonEnglish cyclist
- Béryl Émilie Paulette GastaldelloFrench Olympic Swimmer
- Beryl GoldwynEnglish prima ballerina
- Beryl Elizabeth GreyEnglish prima ballerina
- Beryl Laverick MauldingEnglish actress; wife of politician Reginald Maulding
- Beryl Elizabeth ReidEnglish actress and comedienne
- Beryl Drusilla de ZoeteEnglish dancer, writer and orientalist
- Beryl MercerBritish,American actress
- Beryl InghamEnglish actress; wife of actor George Formby
- Beryl Eugenia McBurnieTrinidadian dancer
- Beryl MarsdenBritish R&B singer
- Beryl BookerAmerican pianist
- Beryl CookEnglish painter and OBE
- Beryl Alaine HowellU.S. federal judge
Beryl in Pop Culture
- Beryl Stapletoncharacter in The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Beryl Patmorethe cook on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- Beryl Musprattcharacter in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited" (1945); admiral's widow with three children, who marries Lord Brideshead
- Beryl Tukelandlady of a pub awaiting demolition in "Miss Gomez and the Brethren" (1971) by William Trevor
- Beryl Hennesseycharacter on British TV series "The Liver Birds"
- Beryl Ballarda downstairs character on British TV series "Upstairs, Downstairs"
- Queen Berylvillain in the anime "Sailor Moon"
- Beryl Gracemother of Thalia and Jason Grace in "The Heroes of Olympus" and "Percy Jackson" book series
- Beryl the Perilcharacter in British Topper comics
- Berylemu character in Australian animated film "Blinky Bill the Movie"