Given name & surname
Stock
“from the tree stump”
Stock is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the tree stump.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the tree stump.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Stock is a diminutive of Stockton.
Stock’s family of names
In English usage, Stock is a diminutive of Stockton. In German usage, Stock has a later derivative in CHOQUETTE. Stock has a related form in Stoc.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Stocktonfull form · English
- Stöcklivariant · German
- Stöcklevariant · German
- Stöckervariant · German
- Stokevariant
- Stockevariant
- Stocvariant
- Stokvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Stock, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Stockwell
“from the spring near the tree stumps”
>99% boys
Stockley
“from the meadow of tree stumps”
>99% boys
Ashbourne
“ash-tree”
88% boys · 12% girls
Crompton
“river bend”
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Hockley
“from the high meadow”
>99% boys
Rishley
“from the untamed meadow”
>99% boys
Sídnei
“of the wide meadow”
>99% boys
Ashurst
“ash-tree”
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