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This week, the baby name of the day theme is names of famous ghosts that are said to haunt places around the world. Today's name: Beckett.
Thomas A Beckett was the first reported sighting of a ghost at the Tower of London, according to ghosthaunts.com. The tower was the site of many deaths, so many ghosts are said to haunt it.
The name Beckett is a surname used as a first name, meaning brook, according to babynameaddicts.com.
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