Beulah

Hebrew

"married"

Beulah Origin and Meaning

The name Beulah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "married".

In the Bible, Beulah is a place, not a person, applied to the land of Israel by the prophet Isaiah. The land of Beulah has sometimes been considered a reference to heaven. Beulah began to be used as a given name in England at the time of the Reformation and was used by the seventeenth century Puritans.

The Beulah Show ran on the radio in the 1940s and became a television sitcom in the 1950s, the first to feature an African-American title character. But that accomplishment is undercut by the fact that Beulah is a somewhat stereotypical maid.

Only 14 baby girls were named Beulah in the US in 2015. So yes, the name Beulah would challenge the most audacious baby namer--but maybe that audacious baby namer is you.

Beulah Rank in US Top 1000

# 973 in the US

Beulah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1894 on Nameberry

Beulah Popularity

• 1894 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Beulah

• Beulah Bondi American actress
• Beulah McGillicutty ring name of Trisa Hayes, American pro wrestler
• Beulah Marie Dix American screenwriter
• Beulah Thomas birth name of Sippie Wallace, American blues singer
• Beulah Louise Henry American inventor called "Lady Edison"
• Beulah Marguerite Poynter American actress and author
• Beulah Detwiler Gundling American synchronized swimmer and choreographer
• Beulah Elizabeth Burke cofounder of the first black sorority in the U.S.
• Beulah May Annan American suspected murderer who inspired Roxie Hart in musical "Chicago"

Beulah in Pop Culture

• Beulah Brown main character in radio and TV series "Beulah"
• Beulah character in "Gillian" by Frank Yerby
• Beulah calf of Elsie the Borden cow and Elmer the Bull; twin to Beauregard
• Jackie Beulah Burkhart character on TV's "That 70's Show"
• Beulah American indie rock band
• Beulah in poet William Blake's mythology, "the realm of the Subconscious, the source of poetic inspiration and of dreams."