Coucke Explained

Coucke is a Flemish surname. Variant spellings include Coeke, Coeck, Couck, and Koeck; it may also be seen in the genitive forms Coeckx and Koeken. The surname was first recorded in the 14th century; it is an occupational surname for a maker of cakes (i.e. a pastry chef).^[1]

People with the surname

Coeck

• Ludo Coeck (1955–1985), Belgian football player
• Inge Coeck (born 1965), Belgian sprint canoer

Coecke

• Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550), Flemish painter
• Bob Coecke (born 1968), Belgian-born British physicist

Couck

• Lize Marke (born Liliane Couck, 1936), Belgian singer

Coucke

• Jan Coucke (c. 1812–1860), Flemish victim of judicial error
• Valerius Coucke (1888–1951), Belgian scholar and priest
• René Coucke (1938–2016), Belgian painter and sculptor
• Marc Coucke (born 1965), Belgian businessman
• Maëva Coucke (born 1994), Miss France 2018

Notes and References

1. Book: Germain, Jean. Jules. Herbillon. Dictionnaire des noms de famille en Wallonie et à Bruxelles. Lannoo Uitgeverij. 2007. 250.