Buck

Where Buck comes from

* 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”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Buck
  • Old English
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Buck Jones born
    American actor
  3. 1910
    Peak, #365
    49 babies named Buck — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    Buck Angel born
    American FtM pornographic actor
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,753.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Buck Angel · American FtM pornographic actor, born 1962
  • Buck Jones · American actor, 1891–1942
  • Buck Baker · American racecar driver, 1919–2002
  • Buck Clarke · American jazz percussionist, 1933–1988
  • Buck Taylor · American television actor and artist, born 1938

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.