Meaning and Origin
What does the name Lake mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
Etymology: F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac
Etymology: Cf. G. laken
Etymology: AS. lācan læcan, to spring, jump, lāc play, sport, or fr. Icel. leika to play, sport; both akin to Goth. laikan to dance. √120. Cf. Knowledge
Note: ☞ Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean.
Etymology: AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. lögr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf. Loch Lough
- A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
- Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
- A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
- A surname.
- A large village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England.
- A settlement in the civil parish of Wilsford cum Lake civil parish, Wiltshire, England.
- An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Garfield Township, Clare County, Michigan.
- A town in Newton County and Scott County, Mississippi.
- A township in St. Louis County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
- A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A former town in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
- A unisex given name.
- Lake Bell, Lake Chambers Speed
Lake was also found in the following language(s): German and German Low German