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What does Beck mean?
Beck 
as a girls' name (also used more regularly as boys' name Beck) is of Old Norse origin, and the meaning of Beck is "stream". Place name. Also possibly (Old English) "axe". Use among German Jews as a surname probably derives from Yiddish, meaning "baker", or from Hebrew, meaning "descendant of martyrs". Also a modern informal short form of Rebecca.
SEE ALSO Beckett
STARTS WITH Be-
ASSOCIATED WITH norse, stream (river), old, jews (israeli), surname, martyrs (saint), modern
Variations
RELATIONS VIA REBECCA Becca, Becka, Beckah, Becke, Beckee, Becker, Beckey, Becki, Beckie, Becky▼, Beki, Bekka, Bekki, Bekkie, Reba▼, Ree
MASCULINE FORM Beckett
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Beck Izabel (B.I.), ..
How popular is Beck?
Beck is an uncommon first name for women but a very popular last name for all people (#295 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Becca, Beckett, Becki, Beckie, Becky, Reba and Rebecca (#214 LAST YEAR) are the popular variation forms of Beck (UNLISTED). These relations of Beck were at the peak of their popularity in the 1970s (AVERAGE #1326) and are now significantly less conventional (#1744, DOWN 91%), with forms like Reba becoming less in vogue. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bea, Beah, Beau, Beba, Bebe, Beda, Bee, Beea, Bel, Bell▼, Bena, Bep, Bera, Bert, Bess▼, Bet, Beta, Beth▼, Bets, Bett, Bev, Bich, Breck and Neck. These names tend to be more frequently used than Beck.
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