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4/26/2024, 11:52 PM Mike C
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Name Bock
Type Surname (from location, from nickname, ornamental)
Other Forms FormsBach; Boeck; Böck; Buck
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach 1.

German: nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat.
Middle High German: boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.
English: variant of Buck.
Added 5/10/2014 by LMS