Bede \b(e)-de\ as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Bede is "prayer bead". Saint Bede was an influential seventh-century English church historian. He is also supposedly the first documented writer of English (as opposed to Latin) prose, though his English works have been lost.

Bede has 1 variant form: Beda.

Baby names that sound like Bede are Bid, Bodie, Boyde, Bud, Budd and Pete.