Beryl Friday is an Australian netball player. She is a Kuku Nyungkal woman of the Kuku Yalanji nation. She is also a descendant of the Olkolo, the Birri Gubba and the Kamilaroi nations. Friday was a member of the Queensland Firebirds teams that won the 2015 and 2016 ANZ Championships.
Beryl May Dent, MIEE, (1900 – 1977) was an English mathematical physicist, technical librarian, and a programmer of early analogue and digital computers to solve electrical engineering problems.
Please, can we stop disparaging names and demonstrating ageist attitudes by denigrating certain names and thereby showing ageist prejudice with banal remarks like "Very old lady sounding"! In these Woke times this is a curious prejudice. Especially when voiced by women!
Beryl has been used for six tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2017, "Ana" and "Beryl" are the only names that have been used for multiple storms none of which reached hurricane strength. It will be used in 2018.
This name travels deep in my family. My great great grandfather was a Beryl from Troms Norway, he had a junior but the junior didn't have a son but a daughter, my grandmother, who was named Glendolyn Beryl Brooks, who then named my father Beryl Brooks Ivar as the first born. I am Amberle Brooke (a play on the name phonetically; Amber also a semi precious jewel and the female protagonist of the Shannara fantasy book series) and my brother was a Michael Beryl Brooks. I love the unisex usage, especially throughout the decades, not just a trendy use of names like Madison, Riley, or Kendal.
Not a favourite of mine but I can't understand why so many people hate it. Perhaps that's because so many people are reminded of "barrel" - why this should be is puzzling as the name is pronounced beh-ril. If Ruby can achieve popularity why can't Beryl, of similar vintage and also a jewel name? It's much prettier than Ruby IMHO.
British actress Beryl Reid (1919-96), known for her work as a comedienne, and also for her starring role opposite Susannah York in "The Killing of Sister George". She was known also for living in a round-shaped house in the countryside and her love of cats. Her middle name was Elizabeth.
It's pronounced beh-rill - it's never reminded me of barrel.
― Anonymous User 1/11/2012
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I think this name is very cute in theory and I like the stone. However, it simply sounds like "barrel," which makes it rather unusable as a name for a real child.
This is a also a boys' name in Yiddish, as a nickname for the name Ber. I first encountered it in some Sholem Aleichem stories, so I have a hard time seeing it as a girls' name.
I think Beryl is a nice name, and I can really see it on a little girl under 5, and as an old name as well. But it is relatively unheard of nowadays, which is a real shame, because I think it would really suit a young child. :)
Beryl looks pretty written out, and its origin is cool and all, but I can't help associating it with the word "barrel".
― Anonymous User 11/3/2008
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The female protagonist from the spinoff novel of Devil May Cry 2 was named Beryl. She is very determined and feisty, and I think the name suits her well.
Beryl--Barrel? Please, if you're going to live in a English-speaking area, do your daughter a favor and do NOT name her this! Although I admit the gemstone is very pretty.
― Anonymous User 9/20/2008
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It sounds hopelessly old-fashioned, like the name of a grandmother, or some middle-aged woman who dresses in worn-out, loose-fitting clothes and wears ugly glasses from the 70s. Sheryl at least sounds pretty. Even Meryl is better.
I like this name, but people seem to have trouble figuring out how to pronounce it. (I don't get that since they don't seem to need any help with Meryl)