Stocks Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Stocks is a spelling of the English surname Stokes. It is a place-based name: “From Stoke, "outlying settlement"”.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Stocks, so the heraldry linked to Stokes is a starting point, not an automatic right.

A variant of Stokes

Records show Stocks as one of the forms Stokes took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Stoaks, Stoakes and Stoke.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Stocks with 4,708 bearers, at rank 7,107. Get the complete Stocks report, with a museum-style coat of arms.