as a Last Name
- 15,950
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Whitlock
Meaning & Origins
English: 1. nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘tress’, ‘curl’. Compare Sherlock. 2. from an Old English personal name composed of the elements wiht ‘creature’, ‘demon’ + lāc ‘play’, ‘sport’.
| 1,974th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 15,950
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Whitlock per capita
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