Bech Family History
Bech Name Meaning
Danish and Norwegian: habitational name from a place called with Old Norse bekkr ‘stream brook’ denoting a farm by a stream. German: metonymic occupational name for a pitch gatherer and/or tar maker from Middle High German pech ‘pitch tar’ (see Pech ). English: variant of Beech . In some cases possibly also French: variant of Bec ‘beak’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022