Beckett

English and Irish

"bee hive, little brook or bee cottage"

Beckett Origin and Meaning

The name Beckett is a boy's name of English origin meaning "bee hive, little brook or bee cottage".

Beckett is one of the big baby name hits of the decade.

A handsome name with an attractively brisk sound, and rich in literary associations via major Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, it is especially hot among celebs. Melissa Etheridge jump-started the trend in 1998, followed by Conan O'Brien, Stella McCartney, Malcolm McDowell, Nicole Sullivan and Natalie Maines.

Another worthy namesake is the martyred saint Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose story was the basis of the Anouilh play "Becket," which became a film starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.

In 2005, the authors of Freakonomics predicted that Beckett would be one of the most popular baby names of 2015. Although they were a little off the mark -- Beckett hasn't even cracked the Top 100 -- we predict that it will continue to climb the US rankings.

Beckett Rank in US Top 1000

# 196 in the US

Beckett Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 80 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Beckett

• 196 US 2023
• 80 Nameberry 2025
• 120 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Beckett

• Beckett Bould British actor
• Beckett Etheridge (b. 1998) son of musician Melissa Etheridge
• Beckett Taylor McDowell (b. 2004) son of actor Malcolm McDowell
• Beckett Finn Pasdar (b. 2004) son of actor Adrian Pasdar and singer Natalie Maines
• Beckett O'Brien (b. 2005) son of TV Host Conan O'Brien
• Beckett Mancuso Chung (b. 2007) son of actress Diane Farr and Seung Yong Chung
• Beckett Robert Lee Willis (2008) son of designer Stella McCartney
• Beckett Edward Packham (b. 2009) son of actress/comedienne Nicole Sullivan and Jason Packham
• Beckett Staton (b. 2010) son of actor Aaron Staton
• Beckett Thomas Strickland (b. 2014) son of reality TV personalities Melissa Rycroft & Tye Strickland
• Paris Beckett Brosnan (b. 2001) son of actor Pierce Brosnan
• Jaxx Beckett Johnson (b. 2014) son of soccer player Will Johnson
• Beckett Scott Robinson (b.2017) son of country music singer Dylan Scott and Blair Anderson
• Beckett Richard Phelps (b. 2017) son of swimmer Michael Phelps
• Beckett Mercer Ferguson Mikita (b. 2020), son of actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita
• Beckett Sennecke Canadian ice hockey player

The name Beckett in Pop Culture

• Beckett Fowl little brother of Artemis Fowl in the series by Eoin Colfer
• Beckett character in video game "Vampire: The Masquerade , Bloodlines"
• Beckett Cobalt character in the Addicted Series
• Sam Beckett character on TV's "Quantum Leap"
• Carson Beckett character on TV's "Stargate Atlantis"
• Cutler Beckett character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
• Katherine "Kate" Houghton Beckett main character on TV's "Castle"
• Beckett Bradstreet character on TV's "Backstage"
• Beckett Character in mobile game "High School Story"
• Beckett Mariner character in the upcoming animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Beckett "Beck" Sinclair character in the novel "Possessed" by Elise Noble