Surname
Stockett
“clearing containing tree stumps”
Stockett is a surname from Middle English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stockett goes back to Middle English stoket, meaning “clearing containing tree stumps.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English stoket (“clearing containing tree stumps”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
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Stockwell
“from the spring near the tree stumps”
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Stockley
“from the meadow of tree stumps”
>99% boys
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Ashurst
“ash-tree”
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Eacott
“river, running stream”
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Hockley
“from the high meadow”
>99% boys
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“ash-tree”
88% boys · 12% girls
Thornley
“from the thorny meadow”
78% boys · 22% girls