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 Place name element etymologies Prefixes English suffixes fr:Bec (homonymie)