Locke (surname)

Origin

• from Old English, as an occupational surname for locksmiths or lock keepers;
• from Old English, Dutch, German, and English, as a toponym for one who had residence near an enclosure, particularly one that could be locked; a barrier, particularly that on a river; or a bridge;
• from Old English and Old High German, as a name for one with curly hair.
• from a romanization of "Lok", the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Luo /.

People with this surname

• Alain LeRoy Locke, African American educator, writer, and philosopher
• David H. Locke, American politician and lawyer
• David Ross Locke, American journalist and humourist, also known by the pseudonym Petroleum V. Nasby
• Dean Jewett Locke, physician, founder of Lockeford, California
• Edwin A. Locke, American psychologist known for the goal-setting theory developed with G. Latham
• Gary Locke
• George Locke, Canadian librarian
• Harvey Locke, conservationist
• Jeff Locke , American football player
• John Locke
• Josef Locke, an Irish tenor
• Joseph Locke, English civil engineer, particularly associated with railway projects
• Keith Locke, New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand
• Kevin Locke
• Kimberley Locke, competitor in second season of American Idol
• Lewis Locke, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.
• Matthew Locke
• Michael K. Locke, American politician
• Richard Adams Locke, 19th-century journalist and creator of the Great Moon Hoax
• Sondra Locke, American actress
• William John Locke, English author

  Fictional characters

• Locke, a pseudonym of Peter Wiggin's in novels by Orson Scott Card
• Locke, father of Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books
• Locke Cole, a character in the video game Final Fantasy VI
• Adam Locke, Nick "Havoc" Parker's commander in the video game '
• Chōjin Locke, the main character of the manga Locke the Superman
• Jameson Locke, a character in the video game ', Fireteam Osiris leader, former ONI operative
• John Locke, in the television series Lost