Buck

See also: buck and bück

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

• IPA^(key): /bʌk/
• Rhymes: -ʌk

Proper noun

Buck

1. An English surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A male given name from Old English.
3. A German surname, a variant of Buch.
4. An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
5. A township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
6. A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.

Alternative forms

• Bucke (English surname)

Derived terms

• Buck's extension
• Buck's fascia

See also

• Buck House
• Buck Island

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: 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)

1. stomach, belly, tummy, abdomen

Derived terms

• buckijch