Bede Forename
58,288th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 10,778 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Hong Kong
Bede Forename Definition:
Either ‘life’ (Celtic) or ‘prayer’ (Teutonic), it is now rarely heard; its Welsh form is Bedaws. Its greatest tenant is the Venerable Bede, who has, with an accuracy unusual in most such cliches, been called ‘the father of English history’.
Read More About This ForenameBede Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,871 | 1:94,903 | 5,434 |
| Ivory Coast | 81% | 1,651 | 1:13,977 | 1,394 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,004 | 1:7,722 | 678 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 664 | 1:111,186 | 5,786 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Australia | - | 560 | 1:24,389 | 1,589 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Cameroon | 68% | 408 | 1:52,967 | 3,398 |
| India | 61% | 362 | 1:3,356,016 | 147,100 |
| United States | 90% | 321 | 1:1,129,399 | 22,717 |
| China | - | 280 | 1:4,878,771 | 53,358 |
| New Zealand | - | 252 | 1:18,000 | 1,486 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 195 | 1:156,154 | 9,689 |
| Philippines | 88% | 149 | 1:711,473 | 21,437 |
| England | 89% | 118 | 1:471,211 | 10,214 |
| Indonesia | - | 86 | 1:2,999,578 | 137,839 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72% | 66 | 1:123,520 | 10,981 |
| Mauritania | 83% | 45 | 1:91,005 | 3,728 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 44 | 1:417,715 | 15,019 |
| Albania | 100% | 43 | 1:70,850 | 5,638 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 42 | 1:32,415 | 3,363 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 34 | 1:175,685 | 9,065 |
| Canada | 100% | 32 | 1:1,035,418 | 20,413 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Saint Lucia | 89% | 23 | 1:7,731 | 1,158 |
| Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:238,534 | 6,383 |
| South Africa | 100% | 20 | 1:2,726,632 | 72,557 |
| Nepal | 93% | 18 | 1:1,582,631 | 27,915 |
| Liberia | 67% | 16 | 1:275,754 | 8,947 |
| Burundi | - | 16 | 1:619,160 | 838 |
| Israel | 93% | 16 | 1:525,182 | 10,080 |
| Peru | 55% | 14 | 1:2,270,818 | 22,263 |
| Scotland | 100% | 14 | 1:382,169 | 5,277 |
| Russia | 100% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Niger | 88% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10 | 1:3,020,189 | 47,166 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Hungary | 57% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Guyana | - | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Senegal | 88% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Thailand | 100% | 7 | 1:10,009,402 | 140,485 |
| Germany | 100% | 7 | 1:13,811,125 | 41,547 |
| Brazil | - | 6 | 1:35,706,026 | 284,222 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Uganda | 100% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| France | - | 4 | 1:16,617,585 | 41,065 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Belgium | - | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Spain | - | 2 | 1:23,264,982 | 24,876 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Italy | 82% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
The alternate forms: Bède (16), Bedê (1), Béde (1), Bedè (1), Bèdè (1) & Bédé (1) are calculated separately.
Bede (12,769) may also be a surname.
Bede Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Either ‘life’ (Celtic) or ‘prayer’ (Teutonic), it is now rarely heard; its Welsh form is Bedaws. Its greatest tenant is the Venerable Bede, who has, with an accuracy unusual in most such cliches, been called ‘the father of English history’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Celtic name, meaning: Life.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Bede Forename Popularity
Bede Demographics
Average Bede Salary in
United States
$54,141 USD
Per year
Rank:
93,281 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
9.98286E-5
Rank: 21,181 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
124.38%
Sample size: 152 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Bede Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bede in the Russian language | ||
| Бедэ | bede | - |
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