What Does The Surname Banks Mean?

The word Banks is actually the plural form of the word bank which a capitalised letter B. The word banks is defined as depository financial institutions, or financial institutions which accept deposits and channel the money into the activity of lending. It also refers to the sloping lands, especially the slopes that are situated beside a body of water, such as a river. It also means supplies or stocks of goods which are held in reserve for use in the future, especially in times of emergency.

Banks is a common English last name. Several well-known personalities have the least name Banks, including the two Gordon Banks (the former English footballer, who is considered by many to be the best goalkeeper of all time and the Labour Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire who was elected at the general election in the year 2005) and the African-American supermodel Tyra Banks.