Entry № 887 · Irish origin

Bega Bega — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ BEH-gah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Irish

Meaning

"Cumbrian saint of Saint Bees"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Irish)

The meaning

A name that means "cumbrian saint of saint bees".

Bega is from the Old Irish bec (small, little). Saint Bega (7th c.) was the Irish princess who, fleeing an arranged marriage to a Viking, landed on the Cumbrian coast and founded a hermitage — the town of Saint Bees in Cumbria is named after her. Patron of the Lake District.

Featured in the medieval Life of Saint Bega.

Cumbrian saint of Saint Bees. The Irish princess who fled an arranged marriage.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Bega

Transliteration: Bega
Pronunciation: / ˈbɛɡ.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Bega stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Bega · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Begas before her.

Real people

Saint Bega

Cumbrian patron-saint.

7th c.

In fiction

Bega

Subject of medieval Life of Saint Bega.

Names connected to Bega.

Numerology

The number behind Bega.

The Seeker

Bega reduces to seven — the number of Cumbrian saint.

Parents on Bega

Why families chose this name.

"Saint Bees patron. Four letters. Bega."

Catherine · Mother of one · Cumbria