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cowboy names
Hank and Buck were medieval names, but are certainly 'American' now.

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While I concede the origin of the word buck, as it applies to a deer, is Old English, I find it hard to believe there were any men walking around in 800AD Scotland named Buck.
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No, both Hank and Buck were solely nicknames.
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