Whitlock Family History
Whitlock Name Meaning
English:: nickname for someone with white or fair hair from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘lock (of hair)’ (Old English loc). Compare Sherlock . from the Middle English personal name Whitlak (Old English Wihtlāc from wiht ‘creature’ + lāc ‘sport game’). habitational name from the Whitelake river near Pilton (Somerset) apparently named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + lacu ‘stream’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022