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Bea - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bea
 
 

 


The girl name Bea [ 1 syll. bea, be-a ] is pronounced BIY KEY. Bea's language of origin is Latin and it is used mainly in the German language. Bea is a short form of the English and German Beatrix.

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 all girl names in its family, Bea was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Bea include the Dutch and German Bo, the English Bobbi, the English Bobbie, and the English Bobby.

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


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