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Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)

Meaning & History

Scottish: occupational name for a trumpeter, Gaelic stocaire, an agent derivative of stoc ‘Gaelic trumpet’. The name is borne by a sept of the McFarlanes.
Dutch: nickname from a derivative of Middle Dutch stoken, stocken ‘to attack or knock with a stick’.
Added 6/6/2016 by LMS
Edited 6/6/2016 by LMS