German: nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a
he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a
house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of
German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bock
‘he-goat’.English: variant of Buck.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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