Sherlock - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Sherlock \

is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "bright hair". Literary: made famous by Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock has 2 variant forms: Sherlocke and Shurlock.

Sherlock is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#7299 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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