Beck
in West Virginia
There are 273 people with the last name "Beck" in West Virginia.
Ranking in West Virginia
| Name | Rank |
|---|---|
| Beck | 992 |
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Meaning & History
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
North German: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Low German Beke ‘stream’.
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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