name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8015)
noun: An English surname originating as a patronymic.
noun: A surname from Polish.
noun: (zoology) Obsolete form of whelk. [Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.]