Given name & surname · also Dutch

Bank

“bench”

Bank is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Swedish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bank goes back to German Bank, meaning “bench.”

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Where it comes from

Bank comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Swedish.

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How it developed

From German Bank (“bench”), from Swedish Bank.

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Bank’s family of names

In Ukrainian usage, Bank as a surname is a transliteration of Банк.

Walk Bank’s family in the name graph

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