What nationality is the last name Bevis?

Question:Apparently English, dating from the Norman conquest and deriving from the French Beauvais.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Apparently English, dating from the Norman conquest and deriving from the French Beauvais.

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
BEVIS Name Meaning and History
habitational name from Beauvais in Oise, France.
from a term of endearment, from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’ (also used in the sense ‘dear’) + Anglo-Norman French fiz ‘son’.
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I have a Betta and his name is BEEVUS. It's Bevis but spelled incorrectly. Because he's a fish and he doesn't care.