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Bea - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bea

[ 1 syll. bea, be-a ] The girl name Bea is pronounced BIY KEY. Bea is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in the English, German, and Spanish languages. Bea is a short form of the English, French, German, and Italian Beatrix. Bea is also an English, German, and Spanish short form of the English and Italian Beatrice.

Bea is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1908, 0.006% of baby girls were given the name Bea. It was #833 in rank then. The baby name has seen a drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Bea, the English and Italian Beatrice was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Bea include the English Bee, the English Bab, the English Babb, the English Babe, the Chinese Bao, the English Bev, the English Biff, the Dutch, German, and Spanish Bo, the English Baby, the English Baubie, the English and Spanish Bebe, the English Bevie, the English, Iranian, and Urdu Bibi, the English Biffy, the Slavic Boba, the English Bobbi, the English Bobbie, the English Bobby, the English Bobi, and the English Bobie.

KEY: Pronunciation for Bea: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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