Bevis (sometimes spelled ''Beavis'' or ''Bevys'') is a given name of

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ...

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 Archibald Ronald Bevis (born 10 April 1955) is an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Member for Brisbane from 1990 to 2010. Bevis held a variety of ministerial, shadow ministerial, and parliamentary leadership positions. Ear ...

(1955–), Australian politician *

Bevis Hillier Bevis Hillier (born 28 March 1940) is an English art historian, author and journalist. He has written on Art Deco, and also a biography of John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman. Life and work Hillier was born in Redhill, Surrey. In 1947 the family ...

(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 Howard Landis Bevis (November 19, 1885 – April 24, 1968) was the 7th President of Ohio State University. Bevis received a bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1908, a degree from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1910. ...

(1885–1968), president of Ohio State University *

John Bevis John Bevis (10 November 1695 – 6 November 1771) was an English medical doctor, electrical researcher and astronomer. He is best known for discovering the Crab Nebula in 1731. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, being awarded his ...

(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 Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Gordon Beavis, (13 August 1929 – 7 June 2020) was a Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Support Command, Support Command from 1981 to 1984. RAF career Educated at Kilburn G ...

(1929 – 2020), Royal Air Force officer * Bevis Mugabi (born 1995), footballer * Muriel Bevis, American baseball player *

PJ Bevis P.J. Bevis (born 28 July 1980, in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian baseball player who is a right-handed pitcher for the Queensland Rams. Bevis has played professional baseball ranging from Rookie to AAA for over 13 years, including time w ...

(1980–), professional baseball player * Ronald Beavis (born 1958), Canadian biochemist * 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 **

Saraya Bevis Saraya-Jade Bevis (; born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler. She is known for her time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where she performed mononymously as Saraya, and in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Paige. She ...

(born 1992), full name Saraya-Jade Bevis, known as Britani Knight in British wrestling, Paige in WWE, and Saraya in All Elite Wrestling

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 John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influ ...

* " Mr. Bevis", an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' *

The Bevis Frond The Bevis Frond is an English rock band formed in 1986 in Walthamstow, London, England. The band is fronted by Nick Saloman and has recorded many singles and albums on various independent labels. Information Saloman was originally in a band kn ...

, an indie band from London, England *

Beavis Beavis () is a fictional character who serves as one of two protagonists from the MTV/Paramount+ animated series ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. He is voiced by the show's creator, Mike Judge. In the movie ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'', Bea ...

, a character from MTV's ''Beavis and Butt-head'' * ''Sir Bevis'', from the Red Book of Romance, edited by

Andrew Lang Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a folkloristics, collector of folklore, folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectur ...

Places

Bevis, Ohio Bevis is an unincorporated community in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the no ...

, a community in the United States *

Bevis Marks Bevis Marks, classified as part of the A1211, is a short street (about 150 m long) in the ward of Aldgate in the City of London. Traffic runs northwest in a one-way direction into Camomile Street, and parallel to Houndsditch which runs sou ...

, a street in the City of London *

Bevis Marks Synagogue Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially Qahal Kadosh Sha'ar ha-Shamayim (), is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, located off Bevis Marks, Aldgate, in the City of London, England, in the United Kingdom. The congr ...

, 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 The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops. They were derived from the preceding , but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design (hence the class name) were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the Eme ...

; later renamed HMS ''Eaglet'' *

Sir Bevys Sir Bevys (1876–1896) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1878 to 1879 he ran six times and won two races. His most important success came in the 1879 Epsom Derby: his only other win was in a selling ra ...

, 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 {{Disambig