Beckham as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Beckham

What is the meaning of the name Beckham ?

The baby name Beckham is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BEK-əm (IPA: /ˈbɛkəm/).

Beckham is English in Origin.

Beckham is an English surname-turned-given name taken from the Norfolk place name Beckham (recorded as Becham in the Domesday Book). Its elements are usually parsed as Old English ham “home, homestead” joined either to Becca (a personal byname), yielding “Becca’s homestead,” or to beck (stream; from Old Norse bekkr) plus hamm “river meadow,” giving “homestead by the brook.” As a first name it shortens naturally to Beck; related surnames and given names include Beck, Beckett, and Beckenham. Rare spellings such as Beckam or Bekham occur.

As a forename, Beckham remained uncommon until the late 1990s, when global attention to footballer David Beckham propelled it into use in the United States, Canada, and Australia; it entered the U.S. Top 1000 in the late 2000s and has risen steadily for boys, with occasional unisex use. The name fits the modern Anglo-American trend of upscale surname choices with brisk, sporty sounds.