Clark

Meanings

1. An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a scribe, secretary, or cleric.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A locale in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado.
5. A minor city in Randolph County, Missouri; named for Confederate general John Bullock Clark Jr..
6. An unincorporated community in Storey County and Washoe County, Nevada.
7. A township in Union County, New Jersey; named for Declaration of Independence signatory Abraham Clark.
8. A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
9. A city, the county seat of Clark County, South Dakota.
10. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
11. An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.
12. An unincorporated community in the town of Hixon, Clark County, Wisconsin.

1. Alternative form of clerk.

Etymology

From Old English clerc (“clergyman; learned man”), whence also clerk.