Buck
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Book
Etymology
- For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck.
- Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech).
- As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart.
- As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch.
- Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock.
- Also as a German surname, variant of Puck.
- As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Buck
- An English surname transferred from the nickname.
- A male given name from Old English.
- A German surname, a variant of Buch.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.
Alternative forms
- Bucke (English surname)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German bûk, from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
Noun
Buck m (plural Bucks)