Brock: Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, & Inspiration

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Brock

Brock is of English, Scottish, and North German origin, a variant of Brook.

+ 8% this year Masculine Rare Updated: August 7, 2024 Updated: August 7, 2024

Boy name origins & meanings

• Old English : Badger

Boy name variations

Braxton Brocton Broc Brockley Brockleah Brocleigh Brockly Brocke Brockett Brok Broque

How Popular Is The Name Brock

Family name origins & meanings

• English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.
• English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
• English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.
• Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .
• South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.
• Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.

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