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First name origins & meanings:

  1. English: A bird
  2. Irish: Cruel

First name variations: Larke, Larkin, Lirkin, Larkan, Larken, Larkie, Larky, Larkin

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: nickname for a merry person or an early riser, from Middle English lavero(c)k, lark (Old English lāwerce). It was perhaps also a metonymic occupational name for someone who netted the birds and sold them for the cooking pot.
  2. English: from a medieval personal name, a byform of Lawrence, derived by back-formation from Larkin.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Mia Farrow

This name appears in the following lists: Animals, Child Stars