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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BOCK

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

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.
2. Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.
4. English: variant of Buck.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)