German: topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree
or beech wood, from Middle High German buoche, or a
habitational name from any of the numerous places so named with this
word, notably in Bavaria and Württemberg. (The beech tree is the
main tree in the forests of central Europe.Danish: from
German (see 1) or a nickname from buk ‘he goat’.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city): Hindu (Brahman) and Parsi name
of unknown meaning.Indian (Panjab): Sikh name based on the
name of a Jat clan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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