# Bevis

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'''Bevis''' (sometimes spelled ''Beavis'' or ''Bevys'') is a given name of [Old French](/source/Old_French) origin, meaning someone coming from [Beauvais](/source/Beauvais), in the Oise region, or after the [Norman French](/source/Norman_French) “belfils” or “beufitz”, meaning fair or lovely son. It was not recorded in England until after the [Norman Conquest](/source/Norman_Conquest) in 1066.

== People ==

* [Andrew Bevis](/source/Andrew_Bevis), Australian actor
* [Arch Bevis](/source/Arch_Bevis) (born 1955), Australian politician
* [Bevis Hillier](/source/Bevis_Hillier) (born 1940), art historian and biographer of John Betjeman
* [Bevis Longstreth](/source/Bevis_Longstreth), novelist and Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
* [Billy Bevis](/source/Billy_Bevis) (1918–1994), British football player
* [Colleen Bevis](/source/Colleen_Bevis) (1916–2013), American children’s advocate
* [Fred Beavis](/source/Fred_Beavis), Canadian politician from Toronto
* [Howard Landis Bevis](/source/Howard_Landis_Bevis) (1885–1968), president of Ohio State University
* [John Bevis](/source/John_Bevis) (c.1664–1771), English astronomer, known for discovering the Crab Nebula
* [Leslie Bevis](/source/Leslie_Bevis) (born 1954), American model and actress
* [Marie-Louise Bévis](/source/Marie-Louise_B%C3%A9vis) (born 1972), French athlete
* [Michael Beavis](/source/Michael_Beavis) (1929–2020), Royal Air Force officer
* [Bevis Mugabi](/source/Bevis_Mugabi) (born 1995), footballer
* [Muriel Bevis](/source/Muriel_Bevis), American baseball player
* [PJ Bevis](/source/PJ_Bevis) (born 1980), baseball player
* [Ronald Beavis](/source/Ronald_Beavis) (born 1958), Canadian biochemist
* English wrestling siblings:
** [Roy Bevis](/source/Roy_Bevis) (born 1982), best known as Zebra Kid and also known as Roy Knight; half-brother of the next two listed individuals
** [Zak Zodiac](/source/Zak_Zodiac) (born 1990), real name Zak Bevis, also known as Zak Knight
** [Saraya Bevis](/source/Saraya_Bevis) (born 1992), full name Saraya-Jade Bevis, known as Britani Knight in British wrestling, Paige in WWE, and Saraya in All Elite Wrestling

== Media and literature ==
* [Bevis of Hampton](/source/Bevis_of_Hampton), a character appearing in medieval romance
** ["Beves of Hamtoun" (poem)](/source/Beves_of_Hamtoun_(poem)), medieval English metrical romance about Bevis of Hampton
* [''Bevis'' (book)](/source/Bevis_(book)), a boy's adventure story (1882) by [Richard Jefferies](/source/Richard_Jefferies)
* "[Mr. Bevis](/source/Mr._Bevis)", an episode of ''The Twilight Zone''
* [The Bevis Frond](/source/The_Bevis_Frond), an indie band from London, England
* [Beavis](/source/Beavis), a character from MTV's ''Beavis and Butt-head''
* ''Sir Bevis'', from the Red Book of Romance, edited by [Andrew Lang](/source/Andrew_Lang)

== Places ==

* [Bevis, Ohio](/source/Bevis%2C_Ohio), a community in the United States
* [Bevis Marks](/source/Bevis_Marks), a street in the City of London
* [Bevis Marks Synagogue](/source/Bevis_Marks_Synagogue), the oldest functioning synagogue in the United Kingdom, situated in a courtyard off the above street

== Other ==

* HMS ''Sir Bevis'', original name of a Royal Navy [24-class sloop](/source/24-class_sloop); later renamed HMS ''Eaglet''
* [Sir Bevys](/source/Sir_Bevys), a British thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1879 Epsom Derby
* [''Bevis'' (ship)](/source/Bevis_(ship)), a sailing vessel carrying passengers from England to the British colonies in America between 1635 and 1638

==See also==
* [Beavis (surname)](/source/Beavis_(surname))

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