"Beckham" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈbɛkəm/ Forms: Beckhams [plural], Beckom [alternative]
Etymology: From Old English personal name Becca + hām (“homestead”). Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Beckham (plural Beckhams)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Beckham-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Sense id: en-Beckham-en-name-Vj3AlNl- Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Beckham County, Beckhamesque, bend it like Beckham

Inflected forms

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