Waldock Family History
Waldock Name Meaning
Dutch: habitational name from a place called Waldeck in South Holland or one in Germany near Koblenz. English (Hertfordshire): apparently a variant of the Yorkshire surname Weldrick a habitational name from Wheldrake in East Yorkshire. The placename probably derives from Old English cweld ‘death place where a death took place’ + ric ‘narrow strip of land narrow road’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022