The beckett Surname
beckett Name Meaning and History
- English: from a diminutive of Beck 3 or, more rarely, of Beck 1.
- English: habitational name from places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English beo ‘bee’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’; the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca. This surname is also found in Ireland.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of French Béquet (see Bequette).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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