Is Beckett a jewish name?

The name is primarily English, but there are also German, Jewish, and Scandinavian origins. From the Oxford University Press' Dictionary of American Family Names, the origins of Beckett are listed as:





1. English: from a diminutive of Beck 3 or, more rarely, of Beck 1.





2. English: habitational name from places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English beo 鈥榖ee鈥?+ cot 鈥榗ottage鈥? 鈥榮helter鈥? the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca. This surname is also found in Ireland.





3. Possibly an Americanized spelling of French B茅quet (Bequette).








The Beck described in #1 has about 7 known origins, primarily English, though also German, Scandinavian, and one Ashkenazic Jewish origin. The German and Jewish origins indicate an occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim 鈥榮on of martyrs鈥? i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.

Is Beckett a jewish name?
Hello,





No. The most famous Beckett was the RC Archbishop of Cantebury England killed by king Henry II.





Cheers,





Michael Kelly
Reply:English.
Reply:No,it sounds British.
Reply:no