Beanna
Beanna is a short form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing bearn (biarn).
References:
Beanna [Sir Charles Peers 1925 Archæologia 74: 260].
Stem:
bearn = bairn [William Marshall 1878 The Past, Present, and Future of England’s Language, page 25].
Suffix:
— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].
Usage:
“Inscription in Saxon letters below the arms of the cross, BEAN to right of stem, NA HIC PAUSIL in two lines to left … ‘Beanna rests here’” [Sir Charles Peers 1925 Archæologia 74: 260].
