Beckem

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Beckem by the numbers

Beckem was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Beckem

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Beckem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Beckamstream where badgers live; variant of Beckham56 in the US (2017)
  • Becketsmall stream; beak-shaped hill32 in the US (2017)
  • Beckerbaker; occupational surname used as given name18 in the US (2017)
  • Beckhemstream where badgers live; variant of Beckham8 in the US (2017)
  • Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
  • Beckhamhomestead with a stream1,280 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Beckem

Names that are said the same way as Beckem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Beckem

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