The matlock Surname
matlock Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Matlock in Derbyshire, named in Old
English as ‘meeting-place oak’, from mæthel ‘meeting’,
‘gathering’, ‘council’ + ac ‘oak’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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