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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bʌk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: buk

In summary

* 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”).

Synonyms

Pearl Buck

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

Translations

Pearl Buck

bouquin

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Buck

Pearl Buck