Given name & surname

Spock

Spock is a surname from Dutch.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Spock comes from Dutch.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Dutch Spaak.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Spock’s family of names

In English usage, Spock as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σποκ. In English usage, Spock as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Σπόκος.

Walk Spock’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 2

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

Similar names

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

Dutch

Spoor

Spoor is a surname from Dutch. It is used in English and Dutch.

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Dutch

Schook

Schook is a surname from Dutch.

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Korean

Kook

Kook is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

41% boys · 59% girls

German

Klock

“clever, wise”

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Chinese

Fok

Fok is a surname with more than one origin.

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42% boys · 58% girls

Dutch

Block

Block is a surname with more than one origin.

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Dutch

Blok

Blok is a surname from Dutch.

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Dutch

Sportsman

Sportsman is a surname, possibly from Dutch.

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Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Spock

A sister for Spock