Bea

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

The girl's name Bea is the short form of Beatrix, a name derived from the Latin Viatrix, meaning "traveler or pilgrim." It was later associated with the Latin name Beatus meaning "happy" or "blessed."^[1] Bea is also the short form of Beatrice.^[1]

POPULARITY

As a stand alone name, Bea has ranked among the Social Security Administration's top 1000 names for girls only four times, from 1907 through 1910. The name Beatrice, however, is a more popular choice, ranking in the top 100 names from 1900 through 1934 and the top 1000 names until 1997 and again in 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, and 2007.^[1]

Rankings for Bea:

• 1910: Rank = 973
• 1909: Rank = 938
• 1908: Rank = 833
• 1907: Rank = 992

Rankings for Beatrice:

• 2007: Rank = 899
• 2006: Rank = 962
• 2005: Rank = ---
• 2004: Rank = ---
• 2003: Rank = ---
• 2002: Rank = ---
• 2001: Rank = 992
• 2000: Rank = 971

• 1990: Rank = 721
• 1980: Rank = 630
• 1970: Rank = 481
• 1960: Rank = 312
• 1950: Rank = 211
• 1940: Rank = 141
• 1930: Rank = 76
• 1920: Rank = 41
• 1910: Rank = 36
• 1900: Rank = 56

FACTS

• Bea is the name of a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2003 census, Bea has a population of 38 inhabitants.
• BEA is an acronym for the British European Airways or British European Airways Corporation, a British airline which operated from 1946 until 1974.
• BEA is an acronym for the Bank of East Asia Limited, the third largest bank in Hong Kong.
• BEA is an acronym for British East Africa, a portion of east Africa controlled by the British in the late 19th century. BEA grew out of British commercial interests from the 1880s until 1920, when the area became the colony of Kenya.
• Bea or Aka-Bea is an extinct language of India, once spoken around the western Andaman Strait and the northern and western coast of South Andaman.^[1]

NAMESAKES

• Bea - fictional character in the film Radio Days
• Bea McCready - fictional character in the film Gone Baby Gone
• Bea - fictional character in the UK comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Bea Arthur (b. 1923) - American actress who starred in the television sitcom Golden Girls
• Bea Benaderet (1906 – 1968) -an American actress who starred in the hit 1960s television series Petticoat Junction and as the original voice of Betty Rubble in The Flintstones.
• Bea Alonzo (b. 1987) - Filipina actress
• Bea Booze (1920 - 1975) - an American R&B and jazz singer most popular in the 1940s. Original name: Muriel Nicholls.

NOTES

OTHER BEA'S

Bea Smith, Bea Johnson, Bea Williams, Bea Jones, Bea Brown, Bea Davis, Bea Miller, Bea Wilson, Bea Moore, Bea Taylor, Bea Abele, Bea Ackelbein, Bea Acosta, Bea Adamo, Bea Adamson, Bea Adelphia, Bea Aickareth, Bea Alenky, Bea Abbott, Bea Abel, Bea Abela, Bea About, Bea Abramson, Bea Abrea, Bea Abril, Bea Absher, Bea Abshier, Bea Abubo, Bea Acappes, Bea Achas, Bea Achi, Bea Ackerman-castellanos, Bea Acre, Bea Action, Bea Adams, Bea Addington, Bea Addison, Bea Adel, Bea Adkins, Bea Adler, Bea Adzema, Bea Aeb, Bea Agee, Bea Agins, Bea Aguero, Bea Aguilar-dominguez, Bea Aguilera, Bea Aguillard, Bea Aguon, Bea Ahbeck, More results

Author: Samantha Bell