The bock Surname
bock Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.
- English: variant of Buck.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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