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  • What does Jock stand for?

    I am helping a friend with their tree and they have someone who was always known as Jock.

    Can anyone tell me what names this could mean please?
    Wendy



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  • #2
    Jock is a name in its own right are the family Scottish?

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    • #3
      sometimes it is used for John.. [I think!!]

      Jock [jok]

      noun

      1. Scot. and Irish English.
      1a. a nickname for John.
      1b. an innocent lad; country boy.
      Last edited by Darksecretz; 09-06-13, 17:06.
      Julie
      They're coming to take me away haha hee hee..........

      .......I find dead people

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      • #4
        having googled it can be John or Jack

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        • #5
          Thansk, I did wonder if it was John. Yes the family originated in Scotland and a middle name is Laird.
          Wendy



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          • #6
            Jock is also used for someone who comes my Scotland ..the same as Paddy would be from Ireland. My Dad's best friend was called Jock but his name was Andrew

            Linda

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Loopy Linda in La La Land View Post
              Jock is also used for someone who comes my Scotland ..the same as Paddy would be from Ireland. My Dad's best friend was called Jock but his name was Andrew

              Linda
              Yes, I agree - usually John but could be for any Scot, especially living away from Scotland.
              herky
              Researching - Trimmer (Farringdon), Noble & Taylor (Ross and Cromarty), Norris (Glasgow), McGilvray (Glasgow and Australia), Leck & Efford (Glasgow), Ferrett (Hampshire), Jenkins & Williams (Aberystwyth), Morton (Motherwell and Tipton), Barrowman (Glasgow), Lilley (Bromsgrove and Glasgow), Cresswell (England and Lanarkshire). Simpson, Morrow and Norris in Ireland. Thomas Price b c 1844 Scotland.

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              • #8
                Jock usually is a nickname for a Scottish person my late husband being one his name was James, his dad was John know as Jock the Postie another name for John is Iaian and Iain Lizzy

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                • #9
                  Hang on laird is Gaelic for Lord like as in Lord of the Manner, Lizzy

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                  • #10
                    Laird is also a surname, as is the English version, Lord. All the Jocks I know are John, although it is often used (like "Mac") by non-Scots for any Scotsman (like referring to any Irishman as "Paddy.")
                    Janet in Yorkshire



                    Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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                    • #11
                      My Grandfather was Scottish and always known as Jock. His name was John, but I have always understood that Jock is a nickname given to any Scottish male living away from Scotland so that the riginal name could have been any name just like the Irish Paddy.

                      Janet

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                      • #12
                        My father was known as Jock..........and his name was James......but................he was a Scottish man living in Australia

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                        • #13
                          In the army all members of Scottish units were known as Jocks, irrespective.
                          Whoever said Seek and Ye shall find was not a genealogist.

                          David

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                          • #14
                            That's what I thought as well

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