The story
- Old English · derived fromstocc“tree trunk”
- English todayStockdale
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from Old English stocc (“tree trunk”) + dæl (“valley”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishstocc all →
stockStocktonStockwellStockleyStockford
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.