Bevis

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

People

• Andrew Bevis, an Australian actor
• Arch Bevis (1955–), Australian politician
• Bevis Hillier (1940–), art historian and biographer of Sir John Betjeman
• Bevis Longstreth, novelist and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
• Billy Bevis (1918–1994), British football player
• Fred Beavis, 57th mayor of Toronto
• Howard Landis Bevis (1885–1968), president of Ohio State University
• John Bevis (c.1664–1771), English astronomer, known for discovering the Crab Nebula
• Leslie Bevis (born 1954), American former model and actress
• Marie-Louise Bévis (1972–), French athlete
• Michael Beavis (1929 – 2020), Royal Air Force officer
• Bevis Mugabi (born 1995), footballer
• Muriel Bevis, American baseball player
• PJ Bevis (1980–), professional baseball player
• A set of English professional wrestling siblings:
  • 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 (born 1990), real name Zak Bevis, also known as Zak Knight
  • Paige (wrestler) (born 1992), real name Saraya-Jade Bevis, also known as Britani Knight

Media and literature

• Bevis of Hampton, a character appearing in medieval romance
  • "Beves of Hamtoun" (poem), medieval English metrical romance about Bevis of Hampton
• Bevis (book), a boy's adventure story (1882) by Richard Jefferies
• "Mr. Bevis", an episode of The Twilight Zone
• The Bevis Frond, an indie band from London, England
• Beavis, a character from MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
• Sir Bevis, from the Red Book of Romance, edited by Andrew Lang

Places

• Bevis, Ohio, a community in the United States
• Bevis Marks, a street in the City of London
• 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; later renamed HMS Eaglet
• Sir Bevys, a British thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1879 Epsom Derby
• Bevis (ship), a sailing vessel carrying passengers from England to the British colonies in America between 1635 and 1638