Keck Family History
Keck Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): nickname from the Middle English reflex of the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’) or Kekkja. English (Gloucestershire): nickname possibly from keck backformed from kex used through much of southern England as the name of a range of umbelliferous plants having a hollow stalk when dried for instance cow parsley cow parsnip and hemlock as well as teasel (with parallels in Scandinavia). German: nickname from Middle High German kēc ‘lively active’ (cognate of English quick) which later changed its meaning to ‘bold forward fresh’. Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Kek: nickname from the same root as keka ‘small mallet or beetle’ also ‘lush tuft of hair’ or as a homonym keka ‘someone who walks in a sneaky way’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022