Tak

Tak is a Dutch, English, Indian, and Korean surname. Origins The Dutch surname Tak originated both from the Dutch-language word "tree branch", and as a diminutive of the Germanic given name Theuderic. As an English surname, Tak is a historical spelling of Tagg, which originated in a variety of ways, including as a diminutive of various Germanic names starting with Dag- (e.g. Dagobert), and as a nickname possibly from Middle English "tatter" (referring to a person wearing tattered clothes) or from Old French "belt buckle". One early record of a person with a surname spelled Tak is Hugo Tak of Rushden, Northamptonshire, in the Poll Tax of 1379. Tak is also a variant spelling of the Indian surname Taunk.