English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England . In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world , a complete name usually consists of one or more given names , commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal , rarely matrilineal ) family name or surname , also referred to as a last name. The given names after the first are often referred to as middle names .
17-714: Beeks is an English surname . Notable people with this name include: Clarence Beeks (1922–1982), American jazz musician Jalen Beeks (born 1993), American baseball player Ricky Beeks (died 1990), victim of Jeffrey Daumer Scott Beeks (born 1999), English footballer Steve Beeks (born 1971), English footballer and coach William T. Beeks (1906–1988), American judge from Washington William T. Beeks (Maryland politician) (1829–1898), American politician from Maryland Other [ edit ] Beeks Place See also [ edit ] Beek (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
34-633: A legal name, though most people use their birth name (as registered on the Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths , regulated by the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 , which allows only characters that are used in English or Welsh), often using a spouse's surname (proved with a marriage certificate), or (if an adult) a name formally declared by deed poll . No regulations include any specific provisions regarding what names are acceptable. Nonetheless,
51-598: Is a result of a combination of greater individualism in the choice of names, and the increasing ethnic heterogeneity of the UK population, which led to a wider range of frequent given names from non-European traditions. Oliver and Olivia were the most popular baby names in England and Wales in 2018. According to Christopher Daniell, in 1140 marked what might be the first recorded use of a modern surname, inherited by multiple generations. These were not always regularly formed: for example,
68-702: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles English surname Few given names used in England have English derivations. Many names are of Hebrew ( Daniel , David , Elizabeth , Susan ) or Greek ( Nicholas , Dorothy , George , and Helen ) origin. Some are Germanic names , sometimes adopted via the transmission of French ( Robert , Richard , Gertrude , Charlotte ) or originate from idoeuropean ( Adrian , Amelia , Patrick ) or Celtic. A small fraction of given names has an actual English derivation (see Anglo-Saxon names ), such as Alfred , Ashley , Edgar , Edmund , Edward , Edwin , Harold and Oswald . A distinctive feature of Anglophone names
85-603: Is not unusual for compound surnames to be composed of separate words not linked by a hyphen, for example Iain Duncan Smith , a former leader of the Conservative Party , whose surname is "Duncan Smith". Mary (given name) Mary / ˈ m ɛəˌr i / is a feminine given name , the English form of the name Maria , which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία , María or Μαριάμ , Mariam , found in
102-699: Is the seventh most common given name in the United States, with 2.16 million individuals bearing this name as of 2023. The name Mary remains more popular in the Southern United States than elsewhere in the country. Mary was the 15th most popular name for girls born in Alabama in 2007, the 22nd most popular name for girls born in Mississippi in 2007, the 44th most popular name for girls in North Carolina ,
119-426: Is the surnames of important families used as given names, originally to indicate political support or patronage. Many examples have now become normal names chosen because parents like them, and any political sense lost. Most are male names like Cecil, Gerald , Howard, Percy, Montague, Stanley or Gordon, though some of those some have female versions like Cecilia or Geraldine. Other languages have few equivalents, although
136-520: The General Register Office and various organizations that help with creating and enrolling deed polls will reject anything that is unreasonable (racist, offensive, fraudulent, implying a title of nobility not held, unpronounceable, not in the Latin script, etc.). Double-barrelled names may be formed for a variety of reasons, including combining of spouses' surnames upon marriage or, more commonly in
153-564: The Septuagint and New Testament . The latter reflects the original Hebrew pronunciation of the name מרים ( Masoretic pronunciation Miryam ), as attested by the Septuagint. The vowel "a" in a closed unaccented syllable later became "i", as seen in other names such as "Bil'am" ( Balaam ) and "Shimshon" ( Samson ). The English name Mary arises by adoption of French Marie into Middle English . Wycliffe's Bible still has Marie , with
170-440: The surname Beeks . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beeks&oldid=1179646017 " Categories : Surnames English-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
187-510: The boys born in London in the year 1510, 24.4% were named John , 13.3% were named Thomas and 11.7% were named William. A trend towards more diversity in given names began in the mid-19th century, and by 1900, only 22.9% of the newborn boys, and 16.2% of the newborn girls in the UK shared the top three given names for each gender. The trend continued during the 20th century, and by 1994, these figures had fallen to 11% and 8.6%, respectively. This trend
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#1732868906601204-727: The modern spelling current from the 16th century, found in the Tyndale Bible (1525), Coverdale Bible (1535) and later translations. The name Mary may have originated from the Egyptian language ; it is likely derivative of the root mr , meaning "love; beloved" (compare mry.t-ymn , "Merit-Amun", i.e. "beloved of Amun "). The name Mary was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root mr , meaning "bitter" (cf. myrrh ), or mry , meaning "rebellious". St. Jerome (writing c. 390 ), following Eusebius of Caesarea , translates
221-627: The name as "drop of the sea" ( stilla maris in Latin ), from the Hebrew מר , mar , 'drop' (cf. Isaiah 40:15) and ים , yam , 'sea'. This translation was subsequently rendered stella maris ("star of the sea") due to scribal error , whence Our Lady 's title Star of the Sea . Mary is among the top 100 names for baby girls born in Ireland, common among Christians and popular among Protestants specifically, owing to Queen Mary II . Mary
238-433: The past, adding another family's surname as a condition of inheritance. Compound surnames in English feature two or more words, often joined by a hyphen or hyphens: for example, Henry Hepburne-Scott . A few families have three or four words making up their surname, such as Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton and Alexander Charles Robert Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 9th Marquess of Londonderry . However, it
255-471: The saint's surname Xavier is often used by Roman Catholics. During the majority of the 19th century, the most popular given names were Mary for girls and either John or William for boys. Throughout the Early Modern period, the diversity of given names was comparatively small; the three most frequent male given names accounted for close to 50% of the male population throughout this period. For example, of
272-456: The sons of a certain French named Robert used a modern inheritable surname, FitzGerald , in honour of an earlier relative, named Gerald . While it is normal for a child to be given one of their parents' surnames, traditionally the father's (or increasingly some combination of the two), there is nothing in UK law that explicitly requires this. Under English common law, a person may use any name as
289-531: Was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007. In the United States , Mary was consistently the most popular name for girls from 1880 until 1961. It was still the most common name for women and girls in the United States in the 1990 census . Mary first fell below the top 100 most popular names in 2009. However, according to the Social Security Administration , Mary
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