Bucko Family History
Bucko Name Meaning
Slovak (Bučko): topographic name or nickname derived from buk ‘beech tree’ + diminutive suffix -ko. Rusyn (from Slovakia Vojvodina in Serbia and Croatia; Bučko): nickname for a noisy person derived from Rusyn (Ukrainian) bucha ‘noise outcry’; or at least in Slovakia probably a topographic name or nickname derived from buk ‘beech tree’ hence a cognate of 1 above. However in Serbia and Croatia it may alternatively be from the South Slavic personal name Bučko (see 3 below). Compare Buchko and Butchko . Serbian and possibly also Croatian (Bučko): from a pet form of the personal names like Budimir (see Budin ). Compare Rusyn name in 2 above. Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Serbian: nickname from Slovak and Serbian bucko ‘small fat man’ or ‘fat child’. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia): from a pet form of the personal name Budislav or its old Slovak variant Buclav (see Buda ). Americanized form of Polish Buczko a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022