What is "beda"

Beda was a Benedictine monk at the Northumbrian monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth.

Beda may also refer to:

• Beda (name)
• Beda people, a community found in Jammu and Kashmir
• Beda College, a college in Rome, Italy
• Beda Fell, a fell in the English Lake District

Beda is a given name and surname of multiple origin. As a given name, it originates as an Anglo-Saxon short name, West Saxon Bīeda, Northumbrian Bǣda, Anglian Bēda (the purported name of one of the Saxon founders of Portsmouth in AD 501 according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) cognate with German Bodo. Beda Venerabilis was a Benedictine, in whose honour the name Beda was popularly chosen as a monastic name by Benedictines, and ultimately entered common usage as a given name on the continent.

'' Béda'' is an unrelated Hungarian feminine given name.

Beda is also an unrelated Russian surname (from беда "trouble, misery").