Clerk Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Behind the Clerk surname stands Clark, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Clerk has “e” where Clark has “a”. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms linked to Clark and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Clerk report, with a museum-style coat of arms.