Pollok as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pollok

What is the meaning of the name Pollok ?

The baby name Pollok is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈpɒlək/ (POL-ək).

Pollok is Scottish in Origin.

Pollok is a Scottish surname-turned-given name taken from the place of Pollok (now within Glasgow, historically in Renfrewshire). The toponym likely derives from Brittonic or Gaelic roots: from Brittonic pol "pool, stream" with the adjectival/diminutive suffix -og, or from Gaelic pollag "little pool." Thus the sense is "of the pool," "dweller by the small pool," or "from Pollok." The name surfaces in medieval charters as de Polloc/Pollok and later became a common Lowland surname; it spread to Ulster and North America with Scots migration.

As a first name, Pollok is rare and tends to be used in Scotland and the Scottish diaspora as a heritage choice, occasionally appearing in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Variant spellings include Pollock (most frequent), Polloc, and Pollocke in older records. Related but distinct surnames Pollak/Polak (Slavic "Pole, Polish person") are etymologically separate.

⚙ Pollok is a genuine rarity. We hold just 4 recorded uses of it, from 3 countries.