by Sean Foglai (guest)
11/2/2006, 8:15 PM
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 ...