The Tusk Family Name

Arms linked to Tuck and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Tusk

Ask a genealogist about Tusk and the first name they will mention is Tuck. The name is generally explained as “Cloth fuller”.

Tusk writes “s” in place of the “c” found in Tuck, a common scribal difference. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Tuke, Tükk and Tucke.

Get the complete Tusk report, with a museum-style coat of arms.