Beryl (first name)
Beryl is a female and (more rarely) a male given name in English-speaking countries .
Origin and meaning
Beryl corresponds to the English term for the mineral and the gemstone beryl ; Ultimately the word comes from Sanskrit ( vaidurya ). Beryl has been a first name since the 19th century.
Well-known namesake
Female first name
- Beryl Bainbridge (1932-2010), British writer
- Beryl Booker (1922–1978), American jazz pianist
- Beryl Bryden (1920–1998), English singer
- Beryl Burton (1937–1996), English cyclist
- Beryl Cook (1926-2008), British painter
- Beryl Cunningham (born 1946), Jamaican actress and singer
- Beryl Gray (born 1927), British prima ballerina
- Beryl Markham (1902–1986), British aviation pioneer
- Beryl Penrose (born 1930), Australian tennis player
- Beryl Reid (1919–1996), British actress
- Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962), English ballet dancer, orientalist and dance critic
Male first name
- Beryl Anthony, Jr. (born 1938), American politician
- Beryl Carroll (1860–1939), American politician
- David Beryl Rasofsky (1909-1967), American boxer