Beale

For other uses, see Beale (disambiguation).

Beale

Language	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	Beal
Frequency Comparisons: [1]

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.

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
• Calvin Beale (1923–2008), American demographer
• 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
• Francis Beale (writer) (fl. 1656), English author
• Francis Beale (MP) (born 1577), English politician
• Geoffrey Beale (1913–2009), British geneticist
• Gerard Beale (born 1990), 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 (born 1963), CEO of Lloyd's of London
• Jack Beale (1917–2006), Australian politician
• Jake Beale, Canadian actor
• James Beale, multiple people
• John Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Beale, British philosopher
• Joseph Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
• Julian Beale (1934–2021), 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
• Michael Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
• Octavius Beale (1850–1930), Irish piano manufacturer and philanthropist
• Percival Beale, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1955
• Phelan Beale (1881–1956), American attorney and sportsman
• Phelan Beale Jr. (1920–1993), American journalist and law expert
• Philippa Beale (born 1946), British artist
• Richard Beale (1920–2017), British actor
• Richard L. T. Beale (1819–1893), American lawyer, Congressman from Virginia, and brigadier general in Confederate States Army
• Sara Sun Beale (born 1949), American law professor
• 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 J. Beale (fl. 1820s), American purported author of the Beale ciphers, allegedly stating the location of buried treasure
• 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

• Bobby Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Chloe Beale, a fictional character from the film Pitch Perfect
• Cindy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Elizabeth Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Eric Beale, a fictional character from the TV series NCIS:LA
• Howard Beale, a fictional character from the film Network
• Ian Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Jane Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Kathy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Kenny Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Laura Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Livia Beale, a fictional character from the TV series Journeyman
• Lou Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Louie Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Lucy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Mel Owen, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Pete Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Peter Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Sharon Watts, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Stacy Beale, a fictional character from the TV series Tulsa King
• Steven Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders

See also

• Beal (surname)
• Bealey, a surname
• Beall, a surname
• Beel (disambiguation)
• Bheel (disambiguation)
• Biehl, surname

Notes

1. "beale Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014