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Pollock Surname Origin
(Locality). Derived from the parish of Pollock, in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic Pollag, 'a little, pool, pit, or pond,' a diminutive of pol, a pool. It is vulgarly pronounced Pock or Polk.
Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857.
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