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Beyoncé

/biˈjɑnseɪ/

Beyoncé proper noun: a female given name transferred from the surname.

Proper noun

Beyoncé

  1. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  2. A person who is both popular and talented.
    • Striving to be the Beyoncé of your industry-both talented at your craft and well known-will help make you top of mind2017, Molly Beck, Reach Out: The Simple Strategy You Need to Expand Your Network and Increase Your Influence, McGraw-Hill LLC, page 5
    • That is like the Beyoncé of pastries2016, The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, page 25

Origin of Beyoncé

The recent use of this name is due to the American singer Beyoncé Knowles (born 1981), after her mother's maiden name, which was different from her own parents' surname, Beyincé, due to a clerical error on her birth certificate. It is probably derived from the French surname Boyancé.

Words formed from Beyoncé

Questions about Beyoncé

What does Beyoncé mean?
Beyoncé means a female given name transferred from the surname.
What part of speech is Beyoncé?
Beyoncé is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Beyoncé?
Beyoncé is pronounced /biˈjɑnseɪ/.

Words near Beyoncé in the dictionary

  1. beyliks
  2. beyng
  3. beynge
  4. Beynon
  5. Beynons
  6. Beyoncé
  7. beyond
  8. beyond a joke
  9. beyond a reason of a doubt
  10. beyond a reasonable doubt
  11. beyond a shadow of a doubt

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Beyoncé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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