The Beazley Family Name

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Beasley could easily become Beazley. Its meaning, shared with Beasley, is “Clearing with bent grass”.

A variant of Beasley

Spelled with “z” instead of “s”, Beazley shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Besley, Beesley and Beisley.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,400 people named Beazley, ranking it number 19,334 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

Beazley coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Beasley surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Research your Beazley family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.