The story
- Old Norse · derived frombekkr“brook, creek”
- Old English · derived fromġemǣre“border, limit”
- English todayMarbeck
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English ġemǣre (“border, limit”) + Old Norse bekkr (“brook, creek”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsebekkr all →
beckTroutbeckFulbeckMaplebeck
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.