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Name Stockard
Type Surname (from occupation & from nickname)
Usage Scottish Gaelic, Dutch
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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’.