Clark
/klɑː(ɹ)k/ · name
Meaning
- An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A locale in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado.
- A minor city in Randolph County, Missouri; named for Confederate general John Bullock Clark Jr..
- An unincorporated community in Storey County and Washoe County, Nevada.
- A township in Union County, New Jersey; named for Declaration of Independence signatory Abraham Clark.
- A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- A city, the county seat of Clark County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Hixon, Clark County, Wisconsin.
- Alternative form of clerk.
Etymology / origin
From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.
- clerc(Old English)→
- Clark (English)
- Relations: der
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