Affleck
Affleck (also spelled Afflect, Aflek, Afflick, etc.) is a Scottish surname that may be of Gaelic origins.
| Pronunciation | Af-lek |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | From Auchinleck "Field of Stone" |
| Region of origin | Scottish |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Auchinleck |
The name is a toponymic surname, derived from several possible places, including Auchinleck, Ayrshire (Scots pronunciation Affleck), Affleck, Lanark and Affleck, Angus. The Gaelic achadh (Anglicized to Auchin) means field.[1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Affleck (1903–1966), Australian aviator
- Ben Affleck (born 1972), American actor, film director and screenwriter
- B. F. Affleck (1869–1944), American businessman
- Bruce Affleck (born 1954), retired former professional ice hockey defenceman
- Casey Affleck (born 1975), American actor, Ben Affleck's brother
- David Affleck (1912–1984), Scottish professional footballer
- Edmund Affleck (1725–1788), British naval officer
- Ewan Affleck, Canadian physician
- Francis Affleck (1950–1985), Canadian race car driver
- Gavin Affleck (born 1958), Canadian architect
- George Affleck (footballer) (1888–?), Scottish footballer for Grimsby Town and Leeds City
- George Affleck (entrepreneur) (born 1964), Canadian media businessman
- Gilbert Affleck (1684–1764), British politician
- Ian Affleck (born 1952), Canadian physicist
- James Ormiston Affleck (1840–1922), Scottish physician and medical author
- John Affleck (1712–1776), British politician
- John Affleck (coach), American college sports coach
- Keith Affleck, Australian sports shooter
- Mary Hunt Affleck (1847–1932), American poet
- Matt Affleck, American professional poker player
- Mike Affleck (born 1984), American football player
- Neil Affleck, American actor, animator, and director
- Paul Affleck, Welsh professional golfer
- Philip Affleck (1726–1799), British admiral, younger brother of Sir Edmund Affleck
- Raymond Affleck (1922–1989), Canadian architect
- Simon Affleck (1660–1725), Swedish tax official
- Thomas Affleck (cabinetmaker) (1745–1795), Pennsylvanian cabinetmaker
- Thomas Affleck (planter) (1812–1868), a Scottish-American plantation owner.
- William Affleck (1836–1923), Australian politician
- James Whigham Affleck (1915–1989) Scottish physician and psychiatrist.
- Ali Affleck – Scottish / American musician.
- Affleck baronets, a baronetage of Great Britain
References
- Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland (First ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192527479.
- "Origins of the surname Affleck". Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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