The ancient history of the name Pollock was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives.
include Pollox, Pogue, Poke and Polock. This is a name of local or territorial origin, from the lands of Pollock in Renfrewshire, meaning 'of Pollock'. This name is of Scottish descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such are a Peter de Polloc, who gifted the church of Polloc to the monastery of Paisley, 1177-99, and Thomas de Polloc who was a witness to a document concerning the land of Cnoc in Renfrewshire, recorded in 1234. Names were recorded in these ancient manuscripts to make it easier for the overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired lands by either force or as gifts from their rulers, they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals.
The Pollock coat of arms came into existence centuries ago. The process of creating coats of arms (also often called family crests) began in the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this. The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all Pollock descendants.