Beckett
Beckett Origin and Meaning
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.
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Beckett Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Beckett
- Beckett BouldBritish 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 FergusonMikita (b. 2020), son of actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita
- Beckett SenneckeCanadian ice hockey player
The name Beckett in Pop Culture
- Beckett Fowllittle brother of Artemis Fowl in the series by Eoin Colfer
- Beckettcharacter in video game "Vampire: The Masquerade , Bloodlines"
- Beckett Cobaltcharacter in the Addicted Series
- Sam Beckettcharacter on TV's "Quantum Leap"
- Carson Beckettcharacter on TV's "Stargate Atlantis"
- Cutler Beckettcharacter in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Katherine "Kate" Houghton Beckettmain character on TV's "Castle"
- Beckett Bradstreetcharacter on TV's "Backstage"
- BeckettCharacter in mobile game "High School Story"
- Beckett Marinercharacter in the upcoming animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Beckett "Beck" Sinclaircharacter in the novel "Possessed" by Elise Noble
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