Brock

Where Brock comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Brock.

  • 1 syllable
Brock through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,457 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Brock Peters born
    American actor
  3. 1977
    Brock Lesnar born
    American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player
  4. 2003
    Peak, #243
    1,378 babies named Brock, the most in any year.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #449.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Brock Lesnar · American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player, born 1977
  • Brock Peters · American actor, 1927–2005
  • Brock Chisholm · Canadian psychiatrist and director-general of the World Health Organization, 1896–1971
  • Brock Nelson · American ice hockey player, born 1991
  • Brock Adams · American lawyer, politician, 1927–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.