Given name & surname · also Old English

Beckwith

“wood”

Beckwith is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Beckwith goes back to Old Norse viðr, meaning “wood.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Beckwith comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English bēċe, from Old Norse viðr (“wood”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Beckwith, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Beswick

“Beac's farm”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Beeby

“bee”

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Old Norse

Begbie

“farmstead”

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Old Norse · Nature

Askwith

“ash tree”

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Old Norse

Beetham

“embankment”

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Old Norse

Berbu

“dwelling, farm”

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Old Norse

Buckby

“settlement”

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Old Norse

Bagby

“farmstead”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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