Lark

English bird name

Lark Origin and Meaning

The name Lark is a girl's name of English origin.

Lark is getting some new and well-deserved attention as a post-Robin and Raven bird name. Although it was first recorded as a name in the 1830's, it has never appeared on the Social Security list.

'The Lark' was used as a nickname for Cosette in Les Miserables; Lark Voorhees was a star of Saved by the Bell, and Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany used Lark as the middle name of their daughter Agnes.

The expression "happy as a lark" gives this songbird name a cheery image, as well as a 'lark' being a synonym for a merry time..

Larkin is a pretty extension, as is Skylark, which is rich in cultural associations: there's the Percy Bysshe Shelley ode To a Skylark and the jazz classic Skylark written by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael..

Lark Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 504 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lark

• 504 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Lark

• Lark Voorhies American actress
• Lark Brynner daughter of actor Yul Brynner
• Lark Grey Dimond Cates, stepdaughter of children's author Dr. Seuss
• Lark DiMucci daughter of singer Dion DiMucci
• Lark Song Previn adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and composer Andre Previn
• Agnes Lark Bettany daughter of actors Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany
• Liberty Lettice Lark Ross English model and actress

The name Lark in Pop Culture

• Lark Short baby on TV's "Life in Pieces"
• Lark character in Kresley Cole's "The Arcana Chronicles"
• Lark dedicate of Winding Circle temple in the "Circle of Magic" series by Tamora Pierce
• Sophie "Lark" Mar character in Ilona Andrews's Edge series and Sweep in Peace
• Princess Lark character in "The Fairy's Return" by Gail Carson Levine
• Lady Lark aka Linda Lewis aka Skylark character in Marvel's Squadron Supreme comics
• Lark nickname for Cosette in "Les Miserables"
• "The Lark Ascending " a composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams; based on George Meredith's poem of the same name (about the skylark)
• Lark ,something done for fun, especially something mischievous or daring; an amusing adventure or escapade