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Hillbilly name.
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Buck is the weasel with the leaf eye patch who appears in the third and fifth Ice Age films.
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My granduncle’s name was Buck. He was a very responsible man and well-esteemed in his community. He was a member of law enforcement for decades and also helped to establish a summer camp for kids. He was a kind man and is very missed.
There are also 3 men in the small community I live in named Buck. All of them work as firefighters or EMS personnel. They are farmers and like to help their community through their volunteer work. They are all strong men who like to help people and always are friendly.
My impression of the name are men who are strong and responsible, who like to help and uplift their communities.
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There are also 3 men in the small community I live in named Buck. All of them work as firefighters or EMS personnel. They are farmers and like to help their community through their volunteer work. They are all strong men who like to help people and always are friendly.
My impression of the name are men who are strong and responsible, who like to help and uplift their communities.
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General Buck Turgidson (played by George C. Scott) from Dr. Strangelove! :)
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I mean, other than the fact it rhymes with *uck... it's not bad, I guess? Trying not to sound sarcastic here. Buck is also the slang for money, and it's also a deer.
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This is a cool name I guess. It also rhymes with the f-word.
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Buck Horne, from The American Gun Mystery by Ellery Queen, was a cowboy film actor left behind with the silent era, and also the first victim.
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Very unattractive, also rhymes with "f*ck".
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Buck Dewey is a character from Steven Universe.
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Weird name. Why would anyone name their child Buck? It doesn't even have a pleasant sound to it.
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Buck tooth.
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I like Buck. This would make a good nickname for something.
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Buck Vu, a character from the series The OA. A Vietnamese-American transgender high school student that helps The OA on her journey along with 4 other people from his school. Played by Ian Alexander.
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A total dog name. Humans, not so much.
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I dislike it for a child. But it would be cute for a dog, cat, or bunny.
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Pretty cool as a nickname.
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I think this is alright as a nickname. It doesn’t sound formal enough to be a given name. When I hear this name, I usually picture either a cowboy or a drifter.
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Nice for a dog.
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In 2018, 28 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Buck who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 3, 746th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
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I can't believe nobody's mentioned Buck, the handsome, one-eyed weasel from Ice Age!
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Rhymes with f***.
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Buck Grangerford is a character in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. He is about the same age as Huck Finn, whom he later befriends.
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The name Buck was given to 27 boys born in the US in 2015.
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As an English verb, "buck" means "bend, buckle" and "move in a sharp, jerking, or uneven manner."
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Steve Rogers aka Captain America calls James "Bucky" Buchanan Barnes this several times throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe films.
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It's nice and quirky as a nickname, but as a formal full name... just no.
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I feel bad for the men that actually have this name, because I am surprised to see, but there apparently are some. On a positive note, I guess it's an ok nickname and at least it's not "Phoenix" which inconceivably people are now naming their children.
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It's a nickname, not a real name, and it makes me think of that awful book Call of the Wild.
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A brief character in Kill Bill Vol. 1. He was a hospital orderly who liked to prostitute coma patients. A fine namesake.
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Buck is the name of John Candy's character in the 1980's movie "Uncle Buck" (a personal favorite). :) I always picture on someone like him.
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I like this name, but just one thing. If you're going to name your child this, just be sure he's not gunna have an overbite. :B Hahaha
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Buck is used as a nickname for the dead son, Jordan Jarret, in Ordinary People by Judith Guest. I really don't know how Buck is short for Jordan though. However, I agree with Slight Night Shiver, it really does sound like a hillbilly name. If you are insistent on calling your son Buck, I would recommend just using it as a nickname. It's so tacky and unprofessional sounding.
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Sounds like a name for a dumb hillbilly. A man with this as his actual name might have to work very hard to convince people that he is intelligent and competent despite his name.
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A buck is a dollar bill.
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Buck is such a dorky name, and it's also the name for a male deer. I've always thought the name was stupid until I met someone with this name, he's actually really cool, too bad his parents screwed up on the name.
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Buck Rogers is a fictional space hero/time traveller.
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According to "The Grasses" by Alma Chestnut Moore (MacMillan 1960, p. 77): "In Old English "buck" meant "beech". Hence the word "buckwheat", which is a grain that resembles a tiny beechnut.
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