Beale
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
- 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, 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, 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
- 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, Harvard Law professor and conflict of laws scholar
- Julian Beale (born 1934), 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
- 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
- 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
EastEnders
- Beale family
- Albert Beale
- Bobby Beale (EastEnders)
- Cindy Beale
- Elizabeth Beale
- Harry Beale
- Ian Beale
- Jane Beale
- Kathy Beale
- Kenny Beale
- Laura Beale
- Lou Beale
- Louie Beale
- Lucy Beale
- Melanie Beale
- Pete Beale
- Peter Beale
- Ronnie Beale
- Steven Beale
See also
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