English · Boy name
Banks
“riverbank”
About the name Banks
Banks comes from an English surname for someone who lived on a hillside or by the bank of a river, from Middle English banke, a word of Old Norse origin. It is now used as a given name. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir Joseph Banks, the English naturalist who sailed with James Cook on the Endeavour and later served as president of the Royal Society. The genus Banksia is named after him.
- Meaning
- riverbank
- Origin
- English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BANKS(1 syl.)
Variants and spellings
No common variant spellings are widely recorded.
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Middle names for Banks
- Banks Michael
- Banks James
- Banks Alexander
- Banks Thomas
- Banks Lee
Questions about Banks
- What does Banks mean?
- Banks is an English name meaning "riverbank".
- How do you pronounce Banks?
- Banks is pronounced BANKS, with emphasis on the first syllable.
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