Lark

Where Lark comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lark.

  • English
Lark through the years
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,676 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1949
    Peak, #1,109
    66 babies named Lark, its best rank.
  4. 1956
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,931.
  5. 1974
    Lark Voorhies born
    American actress
  6. 1995
    Lark Davies born
    English rugby union player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
  • A female given name from English from the lark bird.
Namesakes
  • Lark Voorhies · American actress, born 1974
  • Lark Davies · English rugby union player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.