TOOKE. A name of doubtful origiu, because the several etymons which have been suggested ai"e of nearlj" equal probability. I. The De prefixed to the name Tuke, or Tonke, of the midland counties points to a local origin, and that family are said to have sprung from the Sieur de Touque, whose ancient barony in Normandy (arrondissement of Pont I'Eveque) was written in charters Touqua. I do not find Domesd. authority for this, though I do find in that ancient record (TI) as landowners, prior to its compilation, persons bearing the baptismal names of Toe, Tocho, Tochi, and Toka, as well as the patronymic form, Godi'ic Tokesoti, III. It may be from

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.