Given name & surname
Buckey
“resembling a male deer”
Buckey is a variant of Buck. One English interpretation is “resembling a male deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Buckey is a variant of Buck. One English interpretation is “resembling a male deer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Buckey is a variant of Buck. An origin associated with Buck is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Buckey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 536 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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