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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CHALK

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A well-known earth; a locality. Chalk, Saxon, a servant or attendant.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English: from Old English cealc ‘chalk’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of chalk soil, or as a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Chalk in Kent or Chalke in Wiltshire.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)