Lark

Where Lark comes from

The dictionaries list Lark as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
Along the way
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #3,676 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1949
    Peak, #1,109
    66 babies named Lark — more than any year before or since.
  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.