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OTHER SCRIPTS: Overbeeke
OTHER FORMS: Overbeek
CONTRIBUTOR: anonymous on 8/15/2012
Meaning & History
Means "over/on brook" or "over/on stream" or "over/on creek"
ORIGIN Middle English : from Old Norse bekkr
of Germanic origin; related to Dutch beek
and German Bach
. Used as the common term for a brook in the northern areas of England, beck
often refers, in literature, to a brook with a stony bed or following a rugged course, typical of such areas.