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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably an Americanized spelling of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Buch or Buck.
  • German : from a Germanic personal name Bogo, Old High German bogo ‘bow’ (weapon).
  • The surname Book appears occasionally in English records; it may be a variant spelling of Buck or from the same source as 1.

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