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Clarke (other)
Clarke is an Irish surname. Clarke may also refer to: Places * 4923 Clarke, an asteroid named for Sir Arthur C. Clarke * Clarke City, Quebec, Canada * Clarke City, the former name of Greenfield, California * Clarke County (other) * Clarke Glacier (other), three glaciers in Antarctica * Clarke Island (Tasmania), Australia * Clarke Quay, Singapore, an historical riverside quay * Clarke Range, mountain range in Queensland, Australia * Clarke River (other), various rivers * Clarke Sound, Nunavut, Canada * Clarke's Gap, a mountain pass west of Leesburg, Virginia * Lake Clarke, a reservoir in Pennsylvania Schools * Clarke College, a Baptist institution which merged into Mississippi College * Clarke School for the Deaf, in Northampton, Massachusetts * Clarke University, a Roman Catholic institution in Dubuque, Iowa Other uses * ''Clarke'', a 2022 Australian crime novel by Holly Throsby * Clarke (given name) * Clarke baronets, in the Baronetage of England or t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a popular surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept , meaning "clerk". English surname origin Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a widespread surname in England. The English version is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was used in the Middle Ages for the name of a scribe or secretary. The word "clerc", which came from the pre-7th century Old English (meaning priest), originally denoted a member of a religious order, but later became widespread. In the Middle Ages, virtually the only people who could read and write were members of religious orders, linking the word with literacy. Thus the surname bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |