# Birkbeck

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #67,261

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old Norse.
2. An unincorporated community in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States.

## Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse birki (“birch”) + bekkr (“stream”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/birkbeck