{{about|the surname}} {{Infobox surname | name = Affleck |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation =Af-lek | meaning = From Auchinleck "Field of Stone" | region = Scottish
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'''Affleck''' (also spelled Afflect, Aflek, Afflick, etc.) is a Scottish surname that may be of Gaelic origins.
The name is a toponymic surname, derived from several possible places, including Auchinleck, Ayrshire (Scots pronunciation ''Affleck''), Affleck, Lanark and Affleck, Angus. The Gaelic ''achadh'' (Anglicized to ''Auchin'') means ''field''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hanks |editor1-first=Patrick |editor2-last=Coates |editor2-first=Richard |editor3-last=McClure |editor3-first=Peter |title=The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780192527479 |edition=First}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Origins of the surname Affleck|url=https://www.affleckfamilyhistory.com/|accessdate=3 May 2020}}</ref>
Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur Affleck (1903–1966), Australian aviator *Ben Affleck (born 1972), American actor, film director and screenwriter *B. F. Affleck (1869–1944), American businessman *Bruce Affleck (born 1954), retired former professional ice hockey defenceman *Casey Affleck (born 1975), American actor, Ben Affleck's brother *David Affleck (1912–1984), Scottish professional footballer *Edmund Affleck (1725–1788), British naval officer *Ewan Affleck, Canadian physician *Francis Affleck (1950–1985), Canadian race car driver *Gavin Affleck (born 1958), Canadian architect *George Affleck (footballer) (1888–?), Scottish footballer for Grimsby Town and Leeds City *George Affleck (entrepreneur) (born 1964), Canadian media businessman *Gilbert Affleck (1684–1764), British politician *Ian Affleck (1952–2024), Canadian physicist *James Ormiston Affleck (1840–1922), Scottish physician and medical author *John Affleck (1712–1776), British politician *John Affleck (coach), American college sports coach *Keith Affleck, Australian sports shooter *Mary Hunt Affleck (1847–1932), American poet *Mike Affleck (born 1984), American football player *Neil Affleck, American actor, animator, and director *Paul Affleck, Welsh professional golfer *Philip Affleck (1726–1799), British admiral, younger brother of Sir Edmund Affleck *Raymond Affleck (1922–1989), Canadian architect *Simon Affleck (1660–1725), Swedish tax official *Thomas Affleck (cabinetmaker) (1745–1795), Pennsylvanian cabinetmaker *Thomas Affleck (planter) (1812–1868), a Scottish-American plantation owner. *William Affleck (1836–1923), Australian politician
*Affleck baronets, a baronetage of Great Britain
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