  NORFOLK SURNAMES: B BUCKET/BURKETT/BOUQUET: Not everyone is happy with the surname they are given and some will try to change it. Patricia Routledge, left, is well-known for her character of Hyacinth Bucket who is always pronouncing the name as though it were a bunch of flowers. If she studied names she might have found that her existing name was preferable as it probably originates from a mispronunciation of the name Burkett, based on an Old English name Burgheard which meant strong fort — implying a hardiness and stolidity which Hyacinth would have revelled in. The name Bouquet, meanwhile, is a French version of Buck which in England was given to a man with a fancied resemblance to a he-goat (either through his Lecherous tendencies or his rancid smell). Hyacinth would obviously have nothing to do with that. Patricia Routledge’s own name is found mainly on the English/Scottish border but its origins are unknown. 
