Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings German : habitational name from a place name in Thuringia, which is of Slavic origin.Jewish (from Poland) : variant of Bobek 1.Respelling of Czech, Slovenian, or Croatian Bobek.Respelling of Swedish Bobäck, an ornamental name composed of the elements bo ‘farm’ + bäck ‘stream’.