Beavie is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Beavie
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

A variant form of Bovis. Probably the same as Bæufs, or Beyis.

Beavie is the form of Bevis. It may be corrupted from "the famous Celtique king, Bellovesus." The town of Beauvais, in France, is however a more likely source for the surname. The Sir Bevys of medieval romance seems to have no place in veritable history, though Heylin claims him as a real Earl of Southampton. The first instance of the surname is probably in Sir John Bevis, or Befs, who took Richard, brother of King IIenry III., prisoner in a windmill at the battle of Lewes, in 1264. A Goisbert de Belvaco occurs in Domesday.

Beavie is the variation of Beavis. See Bevis - It may be corrupted from "the famous Celtique king, Bellovesus." The town of Beauvais, in France, is however a more likely source for the surname. The Sir Bevys of medieval romance seems to have no place in veritable history, though Heylin claims him as a real Earl of Southampton. The first instance of the surname is probably in Sir John Bevis, or Befs, who took Richard, brother of King IIenry III., prisoner in a windmill at the battle of Lewes, in 1264. A Goisbert de Belvaco occurs in Domesday.

Beavie is the variant of Beaufice. The same as Beaufitz - The Anglo-Norman form of beau-fils, a son-in-law, or step-son.

A variant of Bewfice. See Beaufitz - The Anglo-Norman form of beau-fils, a son-in-law, or step-son.

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