Beka
given name · Latin script
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026): listed as male
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes
- Spain (INE): listed as male
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 29 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/be̞kʰä/(machine-generated) Georgian · model-generated · read from ბექა
Beka is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 25th most common given name. Recorded meaning: »salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba«.
- XKKosovo≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 94K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 200K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Beka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Georgia (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 88 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
16,349 named ბექა
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)»salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba«
Cited for this meaning 2
- Nordic Names
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Beka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #25 | 16,349as ბექა | 1 in 244 | 16K | Beka | 88 |
| PL Poland | — | 943 | 1 in 41K | 943 | Beka | 15 |
| US United States | — | 385 | 1 in 864K | 195 | Beka | 84 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 63K | 6 | Beka | 13 |
| FR France | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 431K | — | Beka | 1 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 91 | — | 2 |
| RS Serbia | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Beka | 11 |
16,349 people counted by Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API), counting the spelling ბექა. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Beka is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In bkd, crack, burst open (as a coconut which has fallen hard to the ground)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In English, an ancient Biblical unit of weight, half a shekel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, genitive/accusative singular of bek
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wlo, break open, force open, jerk open
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In fj, bat (flying mammal), flying fox
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, survival, lasting, remaining
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Beka I Jaqelib. 1240ruling prince (mtavari) of Samtskhe in the Kingdom of Georgia
- Beka Kurkhulib. 1974GEGeorgian writer and literary scholar
- Beka Sheklashvilib. 1986GErugby union player
- Beka Tsiklaurib. 1989GEGeorgian rugby union player
- Beka Tugushib. 1989GEGeorgian footballer
- Beka Adamashvilib. 1990GEGeorgian Writer
- Beka Lomtadzeb. 1991GEGeorgian freestyle wrestler
- Beka Gviniashvilib. 1995GEGeorgian judoka
- Beka Vachiberadzeb. 1996GEUkrainian association football player
- Beka Mikeltadzeb. 1997GEGeorgian association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)53 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 943 | #500 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 869 | #503 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 195 | #24,850 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 190 | #24,850 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 91 | #3,302 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 6 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1937 | 6 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2 | #3,302 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2024 | 1 | — |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Beka mean, and where does it come from?
- »salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba« Recorded by Nordic Names and Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74).
- How do you pronounce Beka?
- In Georgian /be̞kʰä/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Beka a male or female name?
- Beka is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Poland (dane.gov.pl, 2026): listed as male; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Spain (INE): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Beka have the most bearers?
- In Georgia, the national register counted about 16 thousand people named ბექა, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Beka?
- In Poland, the national register counted 943 people named Beka in 2026, about 1 in 41 thousand residents.
- How common is Beka compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Beka is the 25th most common given name of 12,900 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Beka?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bekaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Beka” — the 25th most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.