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There are approximately 2,702 people named Lovelock in the UK. That makes it the 3,569th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 43 are named Lovelock.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Lovelock surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

LOVELOCK. Lovelocks were " pendent locks of hair, falling near or over the ears, and cut iir a variety of fashions. This ridiculous appendage to the person is often alluded to bj' the writers previous to the Restoration." Halliw. I do not know whether any trace of this fashion is found in the middle ages, though it seems probable that the surname was first bestowed upon some fop who indulged in it. The H.R. mention one Walterus le Loveloker. Was he a cultivator of "love-locks?" I think he is moi'e likely to have followed the sterner occupation of a holier after lores, or wolves. See Love.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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