73%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage History (Ecclesiastical) Pronounced Pron. BEED(English) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed "prayer". Saint Bede, called the Venerable Bede, was an 8th-century historian, scholar and Doctor of the Church. Related Names User SubmissionBede Categories Catholic saints, history, Orthodox saints, Pokemon characters, saints