Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)
Usage Scottish Gaelic, Dutch
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’.
Dutch: nickname from a derivative of Middle Dutch stoken, stocken ‘to attack or knock with a stick’.