Given name & surname
Lark
“resembling the songbird”
Lark is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling the songbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling the songbird.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Lark as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Laurence.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lark through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,134
- 272 boys · 1,862 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #4,416 for girls · #11,447 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 10% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,416 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1950. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,726 as a first name in 2020; 3,577 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lark’s family of names
In English usage, Lark as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Laurence. Lark has a related form in Larke. In English usage, Lark as a surname has a related form in LARAK.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lark
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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