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Blacklock Family History

This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and derives from a nickname for someone with very dark hair. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century word 'blaec', meaning 'black, dark', with 'locc', (lock of) hair, and although, interestingly, 'blaec' could mean either 'dark' or 'pale, fair', in this instance the most probable meaning has to be 'dark hair' since there is a directly contrasting surname existing from the same era as 'Whit(e)lock'. The surname developments has included Adam Blakelok (1332, Cumberland) and Robert Blaykeloc (1431, Yorkshire).