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Surname Etymology and Meaning of AFFLECK

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(origin: Gaelic and Celtic. Local) Said to be a corruption of the name Auchinleck, which was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Auchinleck, near Dundee, in Angusshire, Scotland. The name is pronounced Affleck by the natives. (See Auchinleck.)

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

Scottish: habitational name, from either Affleck in Angus or Auchinleck (which was formerly pronounced Affleck) in Ayrshire.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)