Given name & surname

Bek

Bek is a surname. It is used in Slovene.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Bek isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bek through the years

Babies since 1880
18
18 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2017
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Bek in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2008–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 387 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Bek’s family of names

In Greek usage, Bek as a surname is a transliteration of Μπεκ. In Ukrainian usage, Bek as a surname is a transliteration of Бек.

Walk Bek’s family in the name graph

BekБекΜπεκBeck

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Bek

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

Modern

Bishesh

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Borja

“tower”

14Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Arabic · Modern

Basim

“a smiling man”

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Taves

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Godrick

“one who rules with God”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Rekker

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ryeker

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Dhaksh

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bek’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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