Given name & surname

Book

Book is a surname from German. It is used in English and Cebuano.

Original GermanBuch

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Book comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Book as a surname developed from BUCH.

Book’s family of names

In English usage, Book as a surname developed from the German form BUCH. In English usage, Book as a surname has a related form in Buck.

Walk Book’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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