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Lock.

A surname.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

  2. An unincorporated community in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.

  3. A town in Elliston district council area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.

Where this word comes from

* As an English, German and Dutch surname, from the noun lock. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English loke, itself from Old English loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter). * Also as an English surname, from Middle English locke, from Old English locc (“lock of hair”). * Also as a German surname, Americanized from Loch. * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok, itself from: ** a Cantonese form of 樂 /乐, see Le. ** a Cantonese form of 陸 /陆, 鹿 (lù), 逯 (lù), and 禄 (lù), see Lu. ** a Cantonese form of 駱 /骆 (luò), see Luo.

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