Variants on the Lovelock Surname
Information compiled by Robert Sterry from research by Gwen Eastment and Janet Hearle
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| William Lovelake |
1279
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Hundred Rolls, Essex | |
| J. Loveloc | 1283 | Subsidy Rolls, Surrey | |
| Loveloc, I | 1283 | Subsidy Rolls, Suffolk | |
| Loveloker (Walter) | 1297 | Maker of Lovelocks ie curls or plaits of hair, sometimes beribboned/ decorated with leaves - if false, they were fastened with adhesive powder (& mentioned 1497) | "Dictionary of British Surnames", Routledge and Kegan P., 1959, London, P.H. Reamey |
| Loveloc, Wm | 1327 | Subsidy Rolls, Essex | ditto |
| Loveleke, Wm | 1464 | William of Hippingscombe, Forester for Sir John Seymour | Administration of Forest of Savernake (Wiltshire) |
| Liveluck | 1632 | Hampshire | |
| Lovelacke | 1560 | Berkshire (also in 1592) | |
| Lovelake | 1560/1569 | Berkshire | |
| Lovelocke | 1591/92 | Berkshire/Wiltshire | Ernest Weekly, "English Surnames", Murray, London, 1917 |
| Livelocke or Livelock | 1632 | Hampshire | |
| Loveluck | 1690 | Berkshire | |
| Loveleck | 1663/1690 | Essex/London | |
| Lovelocker | Through Middle English, an occupational name; also a term of affection. | ||
| Lovelich - M.E. | Middle English | As above = "lovely" | Ernest Weekly, "Surnames", Murray, London, 1917 |
| Lovelok | Variant occurring in "Piers Plowman". | ||
| Loveloch | 1700/1800 | Wiltshire | ditto |
| Lovflok | 1700 | Wiltshire | ditto |
| Lieflok | 1700 | Wiltshire | ditto |
| Liflok | 1700 | Wiltshire, Eastern Royal | ditto |
| Loveluck | 1700 | Wales | ditto |
| Leflok | 1724 | Wiltshire, Eastern Royal | ditto |
| Luflock | 1730/1750 | Easton Royal, Wiltshire | ditto |
| Lovelack | 1757 | Hampshire & Wiltshire; meaning "dalliance"/from "Laker": a fun loving person. | ditto |
| Levluk | ditto | ||
| Loveloch | 1816 | Glamorgan & Loveluck | References |
| Lovelock | 1822 | Becoming used as the common form | "English Names- Sources and Significance", Bardsley, Chatto/Windus |
| Lovelocks | Sometimes alternative for "Dandy": a wearer of pendant locks - common during pre 16thC and during 16thC. Could also be of French origin. |