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HOUCK
nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck ‘buck’.
variant of Hoek.
Hoek
habitational name from places called Hoek, e.g. in Ghent or Zeeland, or from Hoeke in West Flanders, or a topographic name from hoek ‘corner’, ‘nook’.
-ham ...means 'home' ...usually ...
nickname from Middle Dutch houck, a marine fish, or from Middle Dutch hoec, houck ‘buck’.
variant of Hoek.
Hoek
habitational name from places called Hoek, e.g. in Ghent or Zeeland, or from Hoeke in West Flanders, or a topographic name from hoek ‘corner’, ‘nook’.
-ham ...means 'home' ...usually ...
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I just copied it off a few sites ...but reading it now, I'd say it means someone from a home near a nook, corner ...or more probably near a hook of land in the sea ... just a guess ...
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