Affleck Explained

Affleck
Pronunciation:	Af-lek
Meaning:	From Auchinleck "Field of Stone"
Region:	Scottish
Variant:	Auchinleck

Affleck (also spelled Afflect, Aflek, Afflick, etc.) is a Scottish surname that may be of Gaelic origins.

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
• 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
• Affleck baronets, a baronetage of Great Britain

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Coates . Richard . McClure . Peter . The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland . 2016 . Oxford University Press . 9780192527479 . First.
2. Web site: Origins of the surname Affleck. 3 May 2020.