The bockover Surname
bockover Name Meaning and History
Respelling of German Backofer, a topographic name for a
person living next to the village baking oven or a metonymic
occupational name for a baker, from back(en) ‘to bake’ +
ofen + the suffix -er denoting an occupation.
Alternatively, though less likely, it could be from
Bockhof(f)er, a habitational name for someone from Bockhop near
Vechta.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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