| [ 2 syll. be-ryl, ber-yl ] The boy name Beryl is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being more common. Its pronunciation is BEHRahL KEY. Beryl is used predominantly in the English and German languages, and it is derived from English origins. Derived from the elements 'beryl' ; 'berullos' ; 'vaidurya'. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name. See Beryl for more info. Beryl is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1912, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Beryl. Its ranking then was #585. The baby name has since suffered a substantial loss in popularity, and is currently of sporadic use. Out of all boy names in its group, Beryl was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Beryl has predominantly been a girl name in the past century. In 1944, Beryl as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 2 times. Baby names that sound like Beryl include the name Beverley (English and German) and the name Beverly (English and German). KEY: Pronunciation for Beryl: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"
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