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Origin and Meaning of Lake

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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Lake
A pigment formed by combining some coloring matter, usually by precipitation, with a metallic oxide or earth, esp. with aluminium hydrate; as, madder lake; Florentine lake; yellow lake, etc.

Etymology: F. laque, fr. Per. See Lac

noun Lake
A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

Etymology: Cf. G. laken

verb Lake
To play; to sport.

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

noun Lake
A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area.

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

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
  2. Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments
  3. A purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
Wiktionary
  1. A surname​.
  2. A large village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England.
  3. A settlement in the civil parish of Wilsford cum Lake civil parish, Wiltshire, England.
  4. An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
  5. An unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky.
  6. An unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
  8. An unincorporated community in Garfield Township, Clare County, Michigan.
  9. A town in Newton County and Scott County, Mississippi.
  10. A township in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  11. An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
  12. An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.
  13. An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
  14. A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
  15. A former town in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
  16. A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
  17. A unisex given name.
    Lake Bell, Lake Chambers Speed

Lake was also found in the following language(s): German and German Low German

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Notable Persons Named Lake

Notable Persons Named Lake

Lake Bell

Lake Bell is an actress, director, and screenwriter. Her ongoing career started in 2001. Lake was given the name Lake Siegel Bell on March 24th, 1979 in New York City.

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Lake Speed

Lake Speed is a nascar driver.

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Lake Ray

Lake was born on October 4th, 1956 in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Lake Dawson

Lake Dawson is a football player for the Kansas City Chiefs. His most notable accomplishments were from 1994 to 1997. Lake was born on January 2nd, 1972 in Boston.

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Lake Sagaris

Lake was born in 1956.

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Lake Russell

Lake was born on April 6th, 1898. He left this life in 1980.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Lake

Notable Persons With the Last Name Lake

Greg Lake

Greg Lake is a progressive rock musician. He plays Alembic Inc, Wal (bass), Fender Jazz Bass, and Gibson Ripper. He has been prominent since 1966. Greg was given the name Gregory Stuart Lake on November 10th, 1947 in Poole, Dorset, England.

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Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake was an actress. Her career lasted from 1939 to 1954. Veronica was given the name Constance Frances Marie Ockelman on November 14th, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Veronica is also known as Constance Keane and Connie Keane. She left this life on July 7th, 1973.

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Ricki Lake

Ricki Lake is an actress, television host, producer, and television producer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1987 to present. Ricki was given the name Ricki Pamela Lake on September 21st, 1968 in , New York, U.S.

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Ann Sothern

Ann Sothern was an actress and singer. She was most active from 1927 to 1927. Ann was given the name Harriette Arlene Lake on January 22nd, 1909 in Valley City, North Dakota, U.S. Ann is also known as Harriet Byron and Harriet Lake. She passed away on March 15th, 2001.

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Leonard Lake

Leonard Lake is a criminal. Leonard is also known as Leonard J. Hill, Alan Drey, Randy Jacobsen, Robin Stapley, Leonard Hill, Charles Gunnar, and Paul Cosner.

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Don Lake

Don Lake is a writer, actor, and director. Don was born on November 26th, 1956 in Toronto.

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  • Sam Lake
    Writer
  • Anthony Lake
    Office Holder
  • John Graham Lake
    Religious
  • Brian Lake
    Australian Rules Football Player
  • Arthur Lake
    Actor
  • Junior Lake
    Athlete
  • Chris Lake
    Disc Jockey
  • Jay Lake
    Writer
  • 1st Viscount Lake Gerard Lake
    Military Person
  • Oliver Lake
    Musician
  • Simon Lake
    Engineer
  • Alice Lake
    Actress
  • Mike Lake
    Member of Parliament
  • John Eric Lake
    Sports Journalist

Common last names for Lake

Common first names for Lake

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Lake U.S.
█  White 81.43% 64.26%
█  African American 11.85% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.88% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 1.18% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.09% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.57% 16.26%

Of Last Name Lake

People with the last name Lake are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Lake

  • How Popular is the name Lake? Lake is the 5,287th most popular name of all time. As a last name Lake was the 1,091st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Lake have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,090 babies born with the first name Lake in the United States. That's more than enough people named Lake to occupy the territory of Falkland Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 3,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Lake? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1891 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Lake first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Lake is Sunday, March 2nd, 1873.
  • What year had the most people named Lake born? The highest recorded use of the first name Lake was in 1996 with a total of 86 babies.
  • Random Lake Factoid: According to the 2019 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Lake is not a popular baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, only 9 babies in California have the same name in 2019.
  • Weird things about the name Lake: The name spelled backwards is Ekal. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Lake. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Lake? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 32,104 people with the last name Lake.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Lake? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 11 of them will have Lake as their last name.
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