Lock
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Etymology
There are three possibilities:
- From the words Old English loc (“lock”).
- From Middle English loke, itself from loca (“enclosure”) or *Loca (“Loki”) (theonym of the latter).
- From Middle English locke, from locc (“lock of hair”).
Proper noun
Lock
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County and Licking County, Ohio, United States.
- A town in Elliston district council area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia; from the surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lock is the 5,058th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,936 individuals. Lock is most common among White (76.33%) and Black (10.86%) individuals.
See also
- Locks Heath (which may be from the surname)
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Etymology
From Middle Low German lok, from Old Saxon *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką. Cognate with English lock.
Noun
Lock n (plural Locken)
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