Bea

Gender: Female Meaning of Bea: "she who brings happiness" Origin of Bea: Diminutive of Beatrice

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Bea Origin and Meaning

The name Bea is a girl's name meaning "she who brings happiness".

Bea is a former old lady name that's cute again as a short form -- and is now beginning to stand on its own. Bee is a variation that, like Bea, can work as a diminutive for any name that starts with the letter B, or in the middle. Bea actually stood alone on the popularity lists for four years at the beginning of the twentieth century--and it could happen again.

Golden Girl Bea Arthur was born a Bernice.

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Famous People Named Bea

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Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel), American actress
Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet, American actress
Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie, Canadian-British actress
Beatrice Annika "Bea" Miller, American singer and songwriter
Bea Alonzo (born Phylbert Angelie Ranollo Fagestrom), British-Filipina actress
Beanca Marie "Bea" Binene, Filipina actress
Beatrice "Bea" Booze, American R&B singer
Beatrice "Bea" Wain, American pop singer
Beatriz "Bea" Segura, Spanish actress
Bea Flora, retired Polish adult model

Pop Culture References for the name Bea

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Beatriz "Bea" Aguilar, character in "The Shadow of the Wind" and its sequel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Bea, character in the musical "Something Rotten"
Bea, character on animated series "Fish Hooks"
Bea Kivlan, character in "The Accident Season" by Moira Fowley-Doyle
Bea Simmons, character in an episode of "The Simpsons"
Bea Finch (nee Holloway), character in "Land Girls"
Beatrice "Bea" Santello, character from "Night in the Woods"
Beatrix "Bea" Nilsson, character in Australian soap "Neighbours"

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