Meaning and background
The story behind Brock
Brock is an established English given name taken from a surname, one of whose old meanings is connected with the badger. Yet the surname Brock has other European routes, including forms related to streams, marshes and personal names. The link to Old English brocc is real, but it should not be used to claim that every family named Brock once referred to a badger.
- Origin
- English given name adopted from surname Brock; one documented English surname origin involves Old English brocc, “badger”. Source
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About Brock
Recorded as a dog’s name
Brock appears in 7 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/bɹɑk/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/bɹɑk/ · primary stress on syllable 1B R AA1 K
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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