clarke

clarke — noun

1. a common family name (surname) of English origin, used widely in English-speakin

1.名詞B1
釋義

a common family name (surname) of English origin, used widely in English-speaking countries; originally referred to someone who worked as a clerk or scholar.

例句

Arthur C. Clarke was a British science fiction writer best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey.

surname + full name in author context

Our neighbors, the Clarke family, moved to Scotland last summer.

the Clarke family — common plural surname pattern

同義詞
  • Clark

    the same surname without the final 'e'; more common in the US

  • Clerk

    archaic occupational name from the same root, now a different surname

用法筆記

Clarke is both a surname (family name) and, less commonly, a given name. As a surname it ranks among the 100 most common in the United Kingdom and the United States. The variant spelling Clark (without the final 'e') is also very common.

常見錯誤

❌Clark is spelled with an e at the end when it's a surname.
✅Clarke is spelled C-l-a-r-k-e
💡the final 'e' distinguishes it from the more common spelling Clark.' — both Clark and Clarke exist as distinct surnames; one is not a misspelling of the other.