Stuck
A nickname surname for someone short, stubby, or stocky.
The #8,272 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 77,032 Americans shares it.
Etymology
This surname is generally taken from a nickname based on Middle English *stuk* or a related dialect form, meaning “short,” “stumpy,” or “stocky.” Harrison connects it to Old English *stocc*, “stump” or “log,” which fits the idea of a compact, thickset person. In other words, it likely began as a descriptive label for someone of short or sturdy build.
History
The name appears in English surname collections as a descriptive byname rather than an occupational or place-name. Because it comes from everyday dialect speech, it could arise independently in more than one family or district. Modern bearers are therefore not necessarily related through a single ancestral line.
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Fun fact
Harrison notes a West Country voiced form, showing how local speech could reshape the same nickname into different sounding surnames.
From the historical record
“Diet. Kent. Dial., p^ 166. STUCK (Eng.) Short; Stumpy [M.E. stuk; I. O.E. stocc, a stump] STUGKEY (Eng.) Short and Thick [Dial. E. stucky, stocky ; f. O.E. stocc, a stump] The West. Eng. (voiced) form is rfMggy — "I yer [hear] that 'is missis is a stuggy little body. — Peasant-Speech af Devon, p. 130,”
— Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary (2 vols in 1)