FLUCK surname {DORS} (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, February 08, 2010, 07:56 (5482 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths

Not a "rare" surname in Gloucestershire - concentrations around Stroud and Tewkesbury

This interesting and unusual surname is derived from the Old Norse personal
name "Floki", which was originally a byname meaning outspoken or enterprising;
the name may have been given to a latter-day entrepreneur. This is one of the
many Scandinavian names to have survived into modern surnames; other such
names are Lawman, from the Old Danish "Lag(h)man", Coleman, from "Kalman",
Swain, from "Sueinn", and Drummond, from "Dromundr". The name development
since 1609 includes the following: Joseph Floox (1694, London); Joseph Flukes (1787, London);
John Flooks (1797, London); and Charles Fluck (1829, London).
The modern surname can be found as Flook, Fluck, Flooks, Flucks and Flux.

You may recognise this "local" FLUCK

Name: Diana M Fluck
Mother's Maiden Surname: Payne
Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1931
Registration district: Swindon
Registration county: Wiltshire
Volume Number: 5a
Page Number: 30

She was born Diana Mary Fluck but dropped her rather awkward last name after being sent to
the London Academy of Music and Drama aged 14 (although in later auditions she
said she was 17) where she was spotted by a talent scout.
better known as Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984)

Diana also honeymooned at Bradley Court , Mitcheldean when it was an Hotel.

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