Origin and Meaning of Sherlock

Gender

Masculine

Origin of Sherlock

Old English

Meaning of Sherlock

The name Sherlock possibly meant "bright hair" in Old English.

Famous bearers

Sherlock Holmes was a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930).

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