Type: Surname (from location)
Usage: English
Meaning
From an English place name meaning “Becca’s homestead”. The byname Becca means “pickaxe” in Old English. A famous bearer is retired English soccer player David Beckham (1975-).
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Geoffrey
From a Norman French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid “peace”, but the first element may be either gawia “territory”, walha “foreign” or gisil “hostage”. It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. In the later Middle Ages Geoffrey was further confused with the distinct name Godfrey.The Normans introduced this name to England where it became common among the nobility. Famous medieval literary bearers include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of The Canterbury Tales. By the end of the Middle Ages it had become uncommon, but it was revived in the 20th century, often in the spelling Jeffrey.
Berenice
Latinized form of Βερενίκη (Berenike), the Macedonian form of the Greek name Φερενίκη (Pherenike), which meant “bringing victory” from φέρω (phero) meaning “to bring” and νίκη (nike) meaning “victory”. This name was common among the Ptolemy ruling family of Egypt, a dynasty that was originally from Macedon. It occurs briefly in Acts in the New Testament (in most English Bibles it is spelled Bernice) belonging to a sister of King Herod Agrippa II. As an English name, Berenice came into use after the Protestant Reformation.