Lock Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Anyone researching Lock should also look under Locke. In origin, the name means “Dweller by an enclosure”.

• You may also find the name written Loc, Lok and Lockey.
• Lock drops the “e” of Locke, a shortening that clerks often made.
• Lock ranked 5,058 in the 2010 US Census, with 6,936 people answering to the name.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Lock coat of arms

There is no single Lock family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Lock report, with a museum-style coat of arms.