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Beck is a surname of either Germanic origin, and is fairly common in English and Slavic speaking countries, Germany (equivalent to Bach) and Denmark. The Germanic name can mean " brook, stream " (related to Old Norse bekkr ) or be a variant of Becker , which is an occupational surname meaning "baker".
Bec can be sometimes a place-name element meaning pino'cape' (from the bird's beak, bec) Bec is more commonly a place-name element in Normandy, deriving from Norse bekkr, 'stream' (cf. German Bach, English -beck), which is found in many placenames.
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use.The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres.
‘Bec’ (beck, meaning 'stream' in English) was added after Bec Abbey in Normandy ('Bec' being the name of the river there). They were given land in the area by the Normans. They were given land in the area by the Normans.
Becker (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛkɐ,-kər]) is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the [baːk]~[bɛk] root, which refers to baking.
Beck (surname), including a list of people with the name; Beck baronets, an extinct title in the Baronetage of Great Britain; Beck Bennett (born 1984), American actor, writer, and comedian; Beck A. Taylor (fl. 2000s), American university president; Beck Weathers (born 1946), American pathologist and survivor of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster
Becky is a female nickname for Rebecca (a name found in the Old Testament of the Bible). In some areas of popular culture, the name is a pejorative American slang term for a young white woman. [1]