Surname Origin

The Clark Surname


Meaning
clerk, cleric
Type
Occupational
Root
Latin clericus
Chiefly
Throughout England and Scotland

From clericus: in the Middle Ages the same word covered a clergyman and a literate man, because for a long stretch they were largely the same population.

By the time the name settled it meant a scribe or record-keeper as often as a churchman. Clarke with an e is the same name.

Bestow the name a title it never had

An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Clark name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.

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