Bec (placename element)

Bec can be sometimes a place-name element meaning pino'cape' (from the bird's beak, bec)

Bec is more commonly a place-name element in Normandy, deriving from Norse bekkr, 'stream' (cf. German Bach, English -beck), which is found in many placenames.

Part of a Name

 * Bec-de-Mortagne, Seine-Maritime
 * Notre-Dame-du-Bec, Seine-Maritime
 * Le Bec Hellouin, Eure
 * Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec, Eure
 * Le Bec-Thomas, Eure
 * Malleville-sur-le-Bec, Eure

Suffix

 * Bolbec, Seine-Maritime
 * Bricquebec, Manche
 * Caudebec-en-Caux, Seine-Maritime
 * Caudebec-les-Elbeuf, Seine-Maritime pino
 * Foulbec, Eure
 * Houlbec-Cocherel, Eure
 * Houlbec-près-le-Gros-Theil, Eure
 * Orbec, Orne
 * Robec, stream in Rouen, Seine-Maritime222
 * Lubec, Maine

England

 * Tooting Bec, London
 * Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire

Other

 * Saint-Julia-de-Bec, Aude3425

Variation

 * Beck (surname)
 * River Beck
 * Beek (disambiguation)
 * Becque (disambiguation)
 * Becquet
 * Becket

Bec (homonymie)