Peck
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See also: peck
Etymology
- As an English surname, variant of Speake with loss of the initial letter.
- Also as an English (and sometimes Irish) surname, variant of Peak, Petch, Peach.
- As a south German surname, variant of Beck. Compare Pek, also found in Poland.
- As a Dutch and north German surname, from pek (“pitch, tar, resin”).
- As a Hungarian, Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Pek, Pék meaning "baker," itself ultimately from the German verb backen.
Proper noun
Peck
- A surname.
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Sedgwick County and Sumner County, Kansas.
- A village in Michigan.
- A town in Wisconsin.
Pronunciation
Noun
Peck m
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