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Beck

in North Dakota

There are 327 people with the last name "Beck" in North Dakota.

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Ranking in North Dakota

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Beck 110
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  1. is 106th most common Richter
  2. is 107th most common Jorgenson
  3. is 108th most common Stewart
  4. is 109th most common Campbell
  5. is 110th most common Beck
  6. is 111th most common Robinson
  7. is 112th most common Gustafson
  8. is 113th most common Meier
  9. is 114th most common Schatz

Similar Names and Nicknames

Becker, Buck, Beckman, Beach, Beckwith, Beckett, Beckham, Bock, Beckley, Beckner

Most Common First Names for Beck

David, Andrew, Debra, Duane, Brenda, Cody, Douglas, Frank, Gerald, Helen

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1.

English: probably a nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Middle English beke ‘beak (of a bird)’ (Old French bec).

English: metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from Old English becca. In some cases the name may represent a survival of an Old English byname derived from this word.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew benkedoshim ‘son of martyrs’, i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.

North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Low German Beke ‘stream’. Compare the High German form Bach 1.

Scandinavian: habitational name for someone from a farmstead named Bekk, Bæk, or Bäck, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream.

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