Meaning & origin
What it means
Docking goes back to Old English docce, meaning “dock, a weedy plant.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English docce (“dock, a weedy plant”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Docking’s family of names
In English usage, Docking as a surname has a related form in DOCKINS.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Docking, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Denning
Denning is a surname from Old English, ultimately from German.
84% boys · 16% girls
Cocking
“(settlement) belonging to”
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Dorrington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement”
>99% boys
Dowden
“to avail, serve”
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Dodwell
“well, spring”
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Downley
“hill, mountain”
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Dorward
“door”
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Hickling
“belonging to”
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