The speck Surname
speck Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle High German spec ‘bacon’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a seller of bacon or a pork butcher, or a nickname for a bacon eater.
- German: topographic name from Middle High German speck(e) ‘log bridge’.
- English: variant of Speak.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 155 - Messages: 362
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Michael Speck | Jeffrey Lantz | 42 |
| Samuel Speck of Marissa, IL |
 K_Shilliday
| 0 |
| SPECK - Schleswig-Holstein and Chicago, IL - Mid 1800's |
KathyGroll
| 7 |
| SPECK, Dorothy and Hilda (nee Smith) - Michigan |
db9_1
| 2 |
| SPECK James C 1881-1969 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| SPECK Ellen PERRY 1895-1976 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| SPECK James Carl 1906-1969 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| speck | katherine eilers | 1 |
| Jacob Theodore Speck Burial and Death Certificate |
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| The Speck tree | Dorothy Stahl | 40 |
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