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Beckett
BeckettSay it BEK-it
- Meaning today
- Bee cottage, little brook
- In the dictionaries
- No dictionary meaning confirmed for the name itself
- Say it
- BEK-it
- Other spellings
- Becket
Beckett
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Beckett meaning
Beckett is an international boy's name.
Meaning today
Bee cottage, little brook
In the dictionaries
We haven't confirmed a dictionary meaning for the name itself. The meaning above is how families commonly use it.
Beckett is an English surname that has become a first name. Its origin is not settled. Surname guides suggest it may come from a place name built from Old English words for "bee" and "cottage", from a northern English word for a stream, or from the French bec, "beak", as a nickname, but we could not confirm any of these in a dictionary, so we do not give one meaning. The name is linked with two famous bearers: Saint Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury murdered in 1170, and the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, author of Waiting for Godot. It is crisp, modern and easy to say.
References: Britannica, Saint Thomas Becket · Britannica, Samuel Beckett
Famous namesakes
- Saint Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
- Samuel Beckett, Irish writer
Popularity abroad
- #141 United States, boys 2025 (up 25 from 166 in 2024)
US Social Security Administration
Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.
Spellings
Beckett · Becket