Given name & surname
Larke
“resembling the songbird”
Larke is a variant of Lark. One English interpretation is “resembling the songbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Larke is a variant of Lark. One English interpretation is “resembling the songbird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Larke is a variant of Lark. An origin associated with Lark is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Larke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24
- 0 boys · 24 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 124 as a first name in 2020; 527 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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