Roark - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Roark \

is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "champion". Also possibly from an Old English expression meaning "rock" that was given as a surname to people living close to a remarkable outcropping of stone. Literary: Howard Roark is the protagonist in Ayn Rand's influential novel "The Fountainhead". Actor Mickey Rourke.

Roark has 4 variant forms: Roarke, Rorke, Rourke and Ruark.

Baby names that sound like Roark are Rorik, Rurik, Rurek, Rorick, Roric and Rorric.

Roark is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#1914 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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