Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (6.3 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Surrey.
| Language(s) | Old French, Old English (Norman or Anglo-Saxon) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "handsome man"; "fair, beautiful"; "son of Bel"; "bee-hill" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Beal |
| Frequency Comparisons:[1] | |
The name Beale may refer to:
People edit
- Anthony Beale (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago
- Bernard Charles Beale (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician
- Charles Lewis Beale (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York
- Daniel Beale (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale
- Dorothea Beale (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford
- Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill
- Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat
- Fleur Beale (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer best known for her novel I am not Esther
- Gerard Beale (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player
- Gregory Beale (born 1949), Reformed Christian theologian and seminary professor
- Helen Purdy Beale (1893–1976), US virologist
- Howard Beale (politician) (1898–1983), Australian politician and Ambassador to the United States
- Howard K. Beale (1899–1959), American historian and author
- Inga Beale (born 1963), CEO of Lloyd's of London
- Jack Beale (1917–2006), Australian politician
- James Beale (1835–1883), also known as Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writer and folklorist
- James Thomas Beale (born 1947), American mathematician
- John Elmes Beale (1847–1928), English politician, three times Mayor of Bournemouth and founder of its largest department store, Beales
- John Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
- Joseph Henry Beale (1861–1943), Harvard Law professor and conflict of laws scholar
- Julian Beale (1934–2021), Australian politician
- Kurtley Beale (born 1989), Australian rugby union player
- Lionel Smith Beale (1828–1906), British medical doctor and professor at King's College London
- Margaret Beale (1886–1969), British marine artist
- Maria Taylor Beale (1849–1929), American author
- Martin Beale (1928–1985), British pioneer of mathematical programming
- Mary Beale (1633–1699), English portrait painter
- Octavius Beale (1850–1930), Irish piano manufacturer and philanthropist
- Percival Beale, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1955
- Philippa Beale (born 1946), British artist
- Richard L. T. Beale (1819–1893), American lawyer, Congressman from Virginia, and brigadier general in Confederate States Army
- Simon Russell Beale (born 1961), British actor
- Sophia Beale (1837–1920), English artist
- Theodore Beale (born c.1968) American writer
- Thomas Beale (c. 1775 – 1841), Scottish naturalist and opium speculator, brother of Daniel Beale
- Thomas Chaye Beale (19th century), Scottish merchant, cousin of Daniel and Thomas Beale
- Thomas Willert Beale (1828–1894), English writer, also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Maynard
- William Beale (1784–1854), British composer
As given name
- Beale M. Schmucker (1827–1888), American Lutheran leader and liturgical scholar
Characters edit
- Howard Beale, played by Peter Finch in the film Network
- Livia Beale, played by Moon Bloodgood in the TV series Journeyman
- Chloe Beale, played by Brittany Snow in the film Pitch Perfect
- Eric Beale, played by Barrett Foa in the TV series NCIS:LA
EastEnders edit
See also edit
- Beal (surname)
- Beall, a surname
- Beel (disambiguation)
- Bheel (disambiguation)
- Biehl, surname
Notes edit
- ^ a b "beale Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014
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