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Help[Surname] Re: Website for Information on Surnames
in reply to a message by Charls
The English surname Fleck comes from Old Norse fleki 'hurdle', and is thus the nickname of a maker of these. Fleck is also found in Ireland and Scotland but the origin is different and basically undetermined. That said, there is no evidence that Fleck in the US is anything but German as shown, for example, at http://tinyurl.com/6ta3drs.
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I have read that the Irish Fleck is an Ulster Scots form of the Scottish Affleck, itself a variant of the surname/place name Auchinleck (Gaelic, 'field of the flat stones').
One could begin a study of the subject by reading the Wikipedia article on surnames and following up the links (assuming one hasn't already done so).
One could begin a study of the subject by reading the Wikipedia article on surnames and following up the links (assuming one hasn't already done so).
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This is what MacLysaght (The Surnames of Ireland) has proposed but more recently, De Bhulbh (All Ireland Surnames) has modified this to 'possibly from Affleck'. The problem is that Black (The Surnames of Scotland) has proposed a completely different origin, viz. "Perhaps of local origin from Flegg in co. Norfolk".
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