Tuck is a surname, borne by many people and institutions.
The name is related to Tucker and Tooke.
Tuck is a masculine name and sometimes nickname given to someone bearing the name of Tucker and also surprisingly, Devin or Devon in many countries around the world. The English surname Tuck is of patronymic origin, being one of those names that was based on the first name of the father. During the Middle Ages when the systems of surnames first developed, it was inevitable that children in the community would be known by their father’s name. In this case the name literally means “The son of Toke” Toke being a medieval personal name. In the Domesday Book of 1086 this first name was more generally rendered as Toka, hence this document mentions a “liber homo Stingandi Toka Francigine” (Toka the Frenchman) Records of this surname in England date back to the fourteenth century. The poll tax returns of Yorkshire, for example, mention a Thomas Tuke and a Johannes Tokson. In 1526 the Registers of the University of Oxford refer to one of their students as “Nicholas Toke, or Tocke, or Tuke which clearly indicates the various ways in which this surname can be rendered.
Tuck is also linked further back than the fourteenth century as originating from Nordic, Icelandic and other island countries. This name has many variations through many different cultures that began between the 15th and 16th century. Included are Tuke, Tucka, Toke and Tuske. However, Tuck was primarily a name that began in Viking royalty and what was commonly referred to then as Cosmater as one of the last known Nordic leaders before the disbandment in 1372 A.D. Reaching the medieval periods in England it became more common as travel became less useful to the Nordic. Most of the remaining Nordic travelers found settlement in the English provinces and ended the Cosmatsership. Currently, the name Tuck has been expanded primarily into the common surname Tucker.
People with the surname include:
Adolph Tuck (1854–1926), British fine art publisher
Al Tuck (born 1966), Canadian songwriter and folksinger
Amos Tuck (1810–1879), American politician and a founder of the Republican Party
Amy Tuck (born 1963), American politician
Anthony Tuck (born 1940), English historian
Arthur Tuck (1901–1979), American track and field athlete who won the Oregon state high school track and field championship single-handedly
Chris Tuck (born 1966), American politician
Dick Tuck (born 1924), American former political consultant, campaign strategist, advance man and political prankster
Donald H. Tuck (1922–2010), Australian bibliographer
Edward Tuck (1842–1938), American banker and philanthropist
Ernie Tuck (1939–2009), Australian applied mathematician
Frank Tuck (born 1931), former Australian rules footballer
Gary Tuck (born 1954), American baseball former player and coach
George Tuck (1882–1954), American college basketball player
Horace Tuck (1876–1951), British painter
James Tuck (archaeologist), Canadian archaeologist
James Tuck (cricketer) (1853–1918), English cricketer
James L. Tuck (1910–1980), British physicist
James Tuck (Canadian football) (born 1990), Canadian football player
Jay Tuck (born 1945), American journalist, television producer and author
Jessica Tuck (born 1963), American actress
Justin Tuck (born 1983), American football player
Lily Tuck (born 1938), American novelist and short story writer
Marie Tuck (1866–1947), Australian artist and art educator
Matthew Tuck, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist in the Welsh heavy metal band Bullet for My Valentine
Michael Tuck (born 1953), Australian rules footballer
Morgan Tuck (born 1994), American college basketball player
Raphael Tuck (1910–1982), British Labour politician, academic and lawyer
Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British Second World War fighter ace and test pilot
Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), Australian painter
Shane Tuck (born 1981), Australian rules footballer, son of Michael Tuck, brother of Travis Tuck
Stuart Tuck (born 1975), English footballer
Travis Tuck (born 1987), Australian rules footballer, son of Michael Tuck
Travis Tuck (sculptor) (1943-2002), American metal sculptor
Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1891-1967), American diplomat
Wayne Tuck, Jr., Canadian curler
William George Tuck (1900–1999), English watercolourist
William M. Tuck (1896–1983), American politician