Larken

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Larken by the numbers

Larken was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Larken

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Larken. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Larkinfierce, rough; rough little one151 in the US (2017)
  • Larsenson of Lars; patronymic surname used as given name29 in the US (2017)
  • Laken237 in the US (2017)
  • Laiken129 in the US (2017)
  • Lawrena form of laurence or lawrence20 in the US (2017)
  • Laruethe red; the street18 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Larken

Names that are said the same way as Larken, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Larken

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