Beka
given name · Georgian · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Beka is a given name, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 30th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Georgian and Polish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: »salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba«.
- GEGeorgia1 in 244◐
- KGKyrgyzstan1 in 15K
- PLPoland1 in 41K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈18K ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 82 ●
- 1 in 244 ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
91K records
Official registry-verified
Georgia
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Beqa in IT Italy, IL Israel and Бека in KZ Kazakhstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
»salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba«
Sources 2
- Nordic Names
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #30 | 16,349 | 88K rec. | 1 in 244 | 16K | Beka | 82 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | — | 1,591 | 390 rec. | — | — | Beka | 8 |
| PL Poland | — | 943△ | 34 rec. | 1 in 41K | 943 | Beka | 18 |
| RU Russia | — | 475 | 415 rec. | — | #3,731 | Beka | 20 |
| US United States | — | 195 | 417 rec. | 1 in 1.7M | 195 | Beka | 80 |
| ES Spain | — | 128 | 89 rec. | 1 in 391K | 128 | Beka | 19 |
| SK Slovakia | — | 60 | 4 rec. | — | — | Beka | 11 |
| XK Kosovo | — | 44 | 222 rec. | — | 91 | Beka | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 42 | 19 rec. | — | listed | Beka | 12 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | 39 | 36 rec. | — | — | Beka | 5 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 37 | 38 rec. | — | — | Beka | 5 |
| BR Brazil | — | 30 | — | 1 in 7.1M | 30 | — | — |
Roughly 16K people in Georgia bear this name (about 1 in 244). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Georgian170K91%
- Polish3.7K2%
- English2.4K1%
- Spanish9331%
- Bulgarian8861%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian | 170,068 | 91% |
| Polish | 3,675 | 2% |
| English | 2,424 | 1% |
| Spanish | 933 | 1% |
| Bulgarian | 886 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
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.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 8 years between 2009–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- 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).
Evidence●
Attested in 50 sources across 29 countries.
Reference works 4
- 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)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 144 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Beka?
- We estimate roughly 18 thousand people bear Beka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Beka have the most bearers?
- We estimate about 16 thousand people bear Beka in Georgia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled beka.
- Where is Beka most common?
- Beka is densest in Georgia, where the national register counts about 1 in 244 people carrying it.
- How common is Beka compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Beka is the 30th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.
- Is Beka a male or female name?
- Beka is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Beka mean?
- Recorded meaning: »salix vitellina, viminalis, žuta vrba«
Query this name via API
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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 30th most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.