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Etymology of Lauk

What does the name Lauk mean?

The origin of the distinguished Lauk family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Finland. The surname Lauk is derived from the Finnish name Lauk, a form of the personal name Luke. This name is ultimately derived from the Greek name Loucas, which literally means man from Lucania, referring to a region in southern Italy. The popularity of the name during the medieval era is attributable to the fame of St. Luke the Evangelist, the patron saint of doctors and artists. The Finnish suffixes -anen, -ainen, -inen, -oinen, and -onen mean son of or descendant of.

Lauk migration to the United States +



Lauk Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mrs. Adam Lauk, who arrived in America in 1853 1
  • Konr Lauk, who arrived in America in 1857 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lauk (post 1700) +

  • Tõnu Lauk (b. 1938), Estonian artist
  • Karl Patrick Lauk (b. 1997), Estonian sport cyclist
  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)

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