Brock

Meanings

1. An English and Scottish surname from Middle English, a variant of Brook, or originally a nickname for someone thought to resemble a badger (Middle English broc(k)).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A small village in Myerscough and Bilsborrow parish, Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5140).
4. A river in Lancashire which flows through the village to the River Wyre.
5. An unincorporated community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.
6. A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska, United States.
7. An unincorporated community in Darke County, Ohio, United States.
8. A town in Parker County, Texas, United States.
9. A township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.
10. A village in the Rural Municipality of Kindersley No. 290, Saskatchewan, Canada.
11. A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Brock No. 64) in Saskatchewan.
12. A river in Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Chibougamau River.

1. A male badger.
2. A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
3. A dirty, stinking fellow.

1. To taunt.

Etymology

From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.