Stocking Family History
Stocking Name Meaning
English: from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’ (Old English stoccing). The surname may be topographic for someone who lived on or near ground cleared of stumps or habitational from a place so named such as Stocking Gate in South Kirkby (Yorkshire). South German: habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022