Bok

See also: bok

English

Etymology

• As a Dutch surname, from bok (“goat, buck”)
• As a Swedish surname, from bok (“beech”)
• As a Jewish/German surname, from Bock (“buck, goat”), related to the Dutch word.

Proper noun

Bok (plural Boks)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Bok globule

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bok is the 31383^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 738 individuals. Bok is most common among White (73.71%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (21.41%) individuals.

Noun

Bok (plural Boks)

1. (rugby) Short for Springbok.
   • 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times‎^[1]:

     Between minutes 30 and 33 England laid siege to the Bok tryline but could not get through.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bok”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186.

Anagrams

• KBO, OKB, kob

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥ɔk]

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Compare West Frisian boek.

Noun

Bok n (plural Boker)

1. (Sylt) book

Alternative forms

• buk (Föhr-Amrum), bök (Mooring)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Noun

Bok m (plural Boken)

1. (Sylt) buck (male of certain animals)