Given name & surname · also Germanic

Block

Block is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

In one tradition, it comes from German Block.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Block, from Dutch blok.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Block, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Dutch

Blok

Blok is a surname from Dutch.

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Swedish · Nature

Blom

“flower”

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German

Klock

“clever, wise”

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Dutch

Blomkamp

Blomkamp is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English, Dutch, and Afrikaans.

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Chinese

Fok

Fok is a surname with more than one origin.

No U.S. birth series

42% boys · 58% girls

Dutch

Spock

Spock is a surname from Dutch.

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Dutch

Schook

Schook is a surname from Dutch.

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Dutch

Bleecker

Bleecker is a surname from Dutch.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Block’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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