Origin of the name DEER Back

Origin

BUCHAN : Local. A district of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The derivation of the name is uncertain. It may be from the Gaelic boc, bocan, deer; a place abounding in deer.

BUCKINGHAM : (Sax.) Local. A shire and town in England, and so called either from Bucen, beechen, and ham, a village, from the abundance of beech-trees growing there, or from the Saxon bucca, deer the deer-village.

BUCKLIN : (Gaelic) Local. From Buccklyn, a town in Sterlingshire, Scotland. The name may be derived from Boc, plural, Buic, a roe-buck, deer, and linne, a pool or lake.

DERBY : Local. From Derby, in England. Deer-by, the town or county abounding in deer. (See Darby.)

HARTFIELD : Local. The deer field.

HARTWELL : Local. From a village in Buckingham, England, noted for being some years the residence of Louis XVIII. The well or spring frequented by deer.

PARKE : A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with deer and other beasts of chase.

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