# Beryl (given name) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beryl_(given_name) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beryl_(given_name).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_(given_name) > Source revision: 1347237344 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Beryl A gold and beryl ring. The name is taken from the beryl used to make jewelry. Gender Unisex Origin Word/name (female) Greek Meaning beryl Other names Related names Beril **Beryl** is a [given name](/source/Given_name) with reference to the mineral [beryl](/source/Beryl). Although more commonly a feminine given name, it has been used in the past as a masculine name, predominantly in the United States. Use as a male name likely comes from a variant spelling of the surname Burrell, whose seeming root is the Old French *bovre*, a reddish-brown woolen fabric with the resultant name denoting a worker in the wool trade.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Beryl may also be a variant spelling of the [Yiddish](/source/Yiddish) male name [Berel](/source/Berel). Like most jewel names, Beryl's use as a feminine name dates from the late 19th-century: dancer [Beryl de Zoete](/source/Beryl_de_Zoete) and actress [Beryl Mercer](/source/Beryl_Mercer) would have been among the earliest namesakes being born respectively in 1879 and 1882. The female name Beryl was always more popular in the British Isles than in North America; since the mid-20th century the name has become somewhat unfashionable in the British Isles.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Females Females named Beryl include: - [Claire Adams](/source/Claire_Adams) (née Beryl Vere Nassau Adams), actress and benefactor - [Beryl Amedee](/source/Beryl_Amedee), American politician - [Beryl T. (Sue) Atkins](/source/Beryl_Atkins), British lexicographer - [Beryl Bainbridge](/source/Beryl_Bainbridge), novelist - [Beryl Bartlett](/source/Beryl_Bartlett), South African tennis player - [Beryl Baxter](/source/Beryl_Baxter) (née M. Ivory), actress - [Beryl Beaurepaire](/source/Beryl_Beaurepaire), feminist - [Beryl Bernay](/source/Beryl_Bernay), journalist, painter, and photographer - [Beryl Bender Birch](/source/Beryl_Bender_Birch), yoga teacher - [Beryl Booker](/source/Beryl_Booker), pianist - [Beryl Brewin](/source/Beryl_Brewin) (1910–1999), New Zealand marine zoologist - [Beryl Paston Brown](/source/Beryl_Paston_Brown), academic and teacher - [Beryl Annear Bryant](/source/Beryl_Bryant), actress and theatrical producer - [Beryl Bryden](/source/Beryl_Bryden), jazz singer - [Beryl Burton](/source/Beryl_Burton), racing cyclist - Beryl W. Chan, wife of [Gerald Chan](/source/Gerald_Chan) - Beryl G.S. Chung, [Cannes Lion](/source/Cannes_Lions_International_Festival_of_Creativity) award winning designer - Beryl Christie, mother of [Donald J. Harris](/source/Donald_J._Harris) - [Beryl Cook](/source/Beryl_Cook), artist best known for her paintings - [Beryl Cooke](/source/Beryl_Cooke), actress - [Beryl Corner](/source/Beryl_Corner), doctor - [Beryl Crockford](/source/Beryl_Crockford) (formerly Mitchell; née Martin), rower - [Beryl Mildred Cryer](/source/Beryl_Mildred_Cryer), writer - [Beryl Cunningham](/source/Beryl_Cunningham), actress and model - [Beryl Davis](/source/Beryl_Davis), jazz singer - [Beryl Dean](/source/Beryl_Dean), British religious embroiderer - [Beryl May Dent](/source/Beryl_May_Dent) (1900–1977), English [mathematical physicist](/source/Mathematical_physics), technical librarian, and programmer - [Beryl de Zoete](/source/Beryl_de_Zoete), ballet dancer - [Beryl Killeen Donkin](/source/Beryl_Donkin), legal secretary - [Beryl-Adolphs Nalowa Esembe](/source/Beryl_Esembe), sociologist and anthropologist - [Beryl Evans](/source/Beryl_Evans) (née Williams), politician - Beryl Evans, murder victim by [John Christie](/source/John_Christie_(murderer)) - Beryl Evans, actress, wife of [Frank Thornton](/source/Frank_Thornton) - [Beryl Ferguson](/source/Beryl_Ferguson), South African politician - [Beryl Fletcher](/source/Beryl_Fletcher), feminist author - [Beryl Fox](/source/Beryl_Fox), documentary film director and producer - [Beryl Gaffney](/source/Beryl_Gaffney), politician - [Béryl Gastaldello](/source/B%C3%A9ryl_Gastaldello), swimmer - [Beryl Gilroy](/source/Beryl_Gilroy) (née Answick), novelist and teacher - [Beryl Goldwyn](/source/Beryl_Goldwyn) Karney, ballet dancer - Beryl Cynthia Gordon, wife of [Harry Bloom](/source/Harry_Bloom) - [Beryl Grant](/source/Beryl_Grant), nurse, community worker, and public servant - [Beryl Grey](/source/Beryl_Grey), ballet dancer - [Beryl "Beb" Hearnden](/source/Beryl_Hearnden), farmer, journalist, and author - Beryl D. Hines, Cold War-era journalist and aunt of [Amy Brenneman](/source/Amy_Brenneman) - [Beryl A. Howell](/source/Beryl_A._Howell), judge - [Beryl Hutchinson](/source/Beryl_Hutchinson), British volunteer ambulance driver and officer of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry - [Beryl Ingham](/source/Beryl_Ingham), dancer and actress - [Beryl Elaine Jacka](/source/Beryl_Elaine_Jacka), administrator - [Beryl Jones](/source/Beryl_Jones) (née Davies), politician - [Beryl Koltz](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_Koltz), film director - [Beryl Korot](/source/Beryl_Korot), video artist - [Béryl Laramé](/source/B%C3%A9ryl_Laram%C3%A9), athlete - [Beryl J. Levine](/source/Beryl_J._Levine), female justice - [Beryl Levinger](/source/Beryl_Levinger), academic and teacher - Beryl Ann Longino, wife of [Lloyd Bentsen](/source/Lloyd_Bentsen) - [Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck)](/source/Beryl_Markham), horse trainer and aviator - [Beryl Marsden](/source/Beryl_Marsden), singer - [Beryl Marshall](/source/Beryl_Marshall), swimmer - [Beryl McBurnie](/source/Beryl_McBurnie), dancer - [Beryl McLeish](/source/Beryl_McLeish) (née King), civil servant and wartime superintendent - [Beryl Measor](/source/Beryl_Measor), actress - [Beryl Mercer](/source/Beryl_Mercer), actress - [Beryl Mills](/source/Beryl_Mills), advertising agent, librarian, and beauty queen - [Beryl Ann "Bel" Mooney](/source/Bel_Mooney), journalist and broadcaster - [Beryl Nashar](/source/Beryl_Nashar), geologist, academic, and teacher - [Beryl Noakes](/source/Beryl_Noakes), swimmer - [Beryl Oliver](/source/Beryl_Oliver), British charity administrator - [Beryl Penrose](/source/Beryl_Penrose), tennis player - [Beryl H. Potter](/source/Beryl_H._Potter) (born Edna Beryl Hinkle), American astronomical researcher - [Beryl Potter](/source/Beryl_Potter), Canadian disability activist - Beryl Powell, wife of [Adam Clayton Powell III](/source/Adam_Clayton_Powell_III), daughter of Eileen Slocum and John Slocum - [Beryl Preston](/source/Beryl_Preston), British sailor - [Beryl Radin](/source/Beryl_Radin), scholar, scientist, editor, and teacher - [Beryl Randle](/source/Beryl_Randle), race walker and an athletics administrator - [Beryl Rawson](/source/Beryl_Rawson) (née Marie Wilkinson), writer, and teacher - [Beryl Reid](/source/Beryl_Reid), actress - Beryl Hilda Rigg (née Helliwell), mother of [Diana Rigg](/source/Diana_Rigg) - [Beryl D. Roberts](/source/Beryl_D._Roberts), politician - [Beryl Rowland](/source/Beryl_Rowland), historian and teacher - [Beryl Satter](/source/Beryl_Satter), historian and teacher - [Beryl Shereshewsky](/source/Beryl_Shereshewsky), American YouTuber - [Beryl Smalley](/source/Beryl_Smalley), historian - [Beryl Smeeton](/source/Miles_and_Beryl_Smeeton), traveller - [Beryl Splatt](/source/Beryl_Splatt), biochemist - [Beryl Swain](/source/Beryl_Swain) (née J Tolman), road racer - [Beryl Te Wiata](/source/Beryl_Te_Wiata) (née McMillan), actor, author, and scriptwriter - [Beryl Tsang](/source/Beryl_Tsang), fibre artist - [Beryl Vertue](/source/Beryl_Vertue), television producer - [Beryl Wallace](/source/Beryl_Wallace) (born Beatrice Heischuber), singer, dancer, and actress - [Beryl Wamira](/source/Beryl_Wamira), athlete - [Beryl Williams](/source/Beryl_Williams), politician and school teacher ## Males Males named Beryl include: - [Berle Adams](/source/Berle_Adams) (born Beryl Adasky), music industry executive and talent booking agent - [Beryl Anthony Jr.](/source/Beryl_Anthony_Jr.), politician - [Beryl F. Carroll](/source/Beryl_F._Carroll), politician - [Beryl Clark](/source/Beryl_Clark), football player - [Beryl Drummond](/source/Beryl_Drummond), basketball player - [Beryl Follet](/source/Beryl_Follet), football player - [Beryl Newman](/source/Beryl_Newman), Medal of Honor recipient - [Beryl Richmond](/source/Beryl_Richmond), baseball player - [Barney Ross](/source/Barney_Ross) (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky), boxer - [Beryl Rubinstein](/source/Beryl_Rubinstein), composer - Beryl Cyril Sheldon Jr., known professionally as [Jack Sheldon](/source/Jack_Sheldon), musician, singer, comedian, actor - [Beryl Shipley](/source/Beryl_Shipley), basketball coach - [Beryl Sprinkel](/source/Beryl_Sprinkel), member of the Executive Office of the U.S. President ## Pseudonym - [Stephen King](/source/Stephen_King) (as Beryl Evans) ## Fictional characters - Beryl, in *[Beryl and the Croucher](/source/Beryl_and_the_Croucher)* - Beryl, played by [Toni Collette](/source/Toni_Collette), an emu character in Australian CGI animated film *[Blinky Bill the Movie](/source/Blinky_Bill_the_Movie)* - "Beryl" Beryllinthranox, in *[Dragonlance](/source/Dragonlance)* - [Beryl](/source/Beryl_(EastEnders)), played by [Ninette Finch](/source/Ninette_Finch), in *[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)* - Beryl, played by [Carol White](/source/Carol_White), in *[A Matter of WHO](/source/A_Matter_of_WHO)* - Beryl, played by [Alexandra Dane](/source/Alexandra_Dane), in *[Not on Your Nellie](/source/Not_On_Your_Nellie)* - [Queen Beryl](/source/Queen_Beryl), a villainess in the anime *[Sailor Moon](/source/Sailor_Moon)* - [Beryl the Peril](/source/Beryl_the_Peril), British cartoon character, in *[The Topper](/source/The_Topper_(comics))* and others - Beryl Abbott, played by [Georgann Johnson](/source/Georgann_Johnson), in the *[Alfred Hitchcock Presents](/source/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents)* episode ["One For The Road](/source/List_of_Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_episodes)" - Beryl Battersby, played by [Paula Wilcox](/source/Paula_Wilcox), in *[The Lovers](/source/The_Lovers_(1970_TV_series))* - Beryl Blenheim, in *[Chart Throb](/source/Chart_Throb)* - [Beryl Chugspoke](/source/List_of_former_Emmerdale_characters#Last_appeared_in_2006), played by [Georgina Hale](/source/Georgina_Hale), in *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* - Beryl Crabtree, played by [Patricia Garwood](/source/Patricia_Garwood), in *[No Place Like Home](/source/No_Place_Like_Home_(TV_series))* - [Beryl Crossthwaite](/source/List_of_former_Emmerdale_characters#Last_appeared_in_1973), played by Joan Scott, in *[Emmerdale](/source/Emmerdale)* - Aunt Beryl Fairfield, in *[Prelude](/source/Prelude_(short_story))* - Beryl Grace, Jason Grace's mother in Rick Riordan's *[The Heroes of Olympus](/source/The_Heroes_of_Olympus)* - Beryl Hennessey, played by [Polly James](/source/Polly_James) in *[The Liver Birds](/source/The_Liver_Birds)* - Beryl Humphries, played by [Carmel McSharry](/source/Carmel_McSharry), in *[Beryl's Lot](/source/Beryl's_Lot)* - Beryl Hutchinson, the third and most recent [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics) [superhero](/source/Superhero) known as [Squire](/source/Squire_(character)#Beryl_Hutchinson) - Beryl Stratton Madison, in *[Body of Evidence](/source/Body_of_Evidence_(novel))* - Beryl Matt, in *[A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove](/source/A_Bridge_to_Wiseman's_Cove)* - Beryl Merit, played by [Rosalind Knight](/source/Rosalind_Knight), in *[Gimme Gimme Gimme](/source/Gimme_Gimme_Gimme_(TV_series))* - Beryl Newsome, played by [Madelaine Newton](/source/Madelaine_Newton), in *Inspector Morse* episode "Masonic Mysteries" - [Beryl Patmore](/source/List_of_Downton_Abbey_characters#Mrs_Beryl_Patmore), played by [Lesley Nicol](/source/Lesley_Nicol_(actress)), the cook on the ITV series *[Downton Abbey](/source/Downton_Abbey)* - Beryl Hayden Peacock (also Elliott), played by Anny Tobin, in *[Coronation Street](/source/Coronation_Street)* - Beryl Stapleton, in *[The Hound of the Baskervilles](/source/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles)* - Red Beryl in *[Land of the Lustrous](/source/Land_of_the_Lustrous)* - Beryl Walters, played by [Margaret Barton](/source/Margaret_Barton) in the film, a character in the play *Still Life* and film *[Brief Encounter](/source/Brief_Encounter)* by [Noël Coward](/source/No%C3%ABl_Coward) - Beryl, a character created by [Joanna Quinn](/source/Joanna_Quinn) and appearing in her short films: *Girls Night Out*, *Body Beautiful*, *Dreams And Desires: Family Ties* and *[Affairs of the Art](/source/Affairs_of_the_Art)* Name list This page or section lists people that share the same [given name](/source/Given_name). 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