Locke is a common Western surname of Germanic origin. It is also a Scottish surname and a romanization of the Chinese surname Luo.
Locke has multiple origins and meanings, including:
from Old English, as an occupational surname for locksmiths or lock keepers;
from Old English, Dutch, German, and English, as a toponym for one who had residence near an enclosure, particularly one that could be locked; a barrier, particularly that on a river; or a bridge;
from Old English and Old High German, as a name for one with curly hair.
from a romanization of "Lok", the Cantonese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Luo 駱/骆.
Locke is also the surname of a Scottish clan, with historic roots and a family seat in Peeblesshire. Variations on this surname include Loch, Lock, Lochlair, and Locklair, among others.
Alain LeRoy Locke (1885–1954), African American educator, writer, and philosopher.
David Ross Locke (1833–1888), American journalist and humourist, also known by the pseudonym Petroleum V. Nasby
Dean Jewett Locke (1823–1887), doctor, founder of Lockeford, California
Edwin A. Locke (born 1938), American psychologist known for the goal-setting theory developed with G. Latham
Elizabeth Locke, contestant on The Apprentice (UK) series six
Gary Locke (disambiguation)
Gary Locke (born 1950), United States Secretary of Commerce and first Chinese American governor, current United States Ambassador to China
Harvey Locke (born 1959), conservationist
John Locke (disambiguation)
John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher
John Locke (American Professor) (1792–1856)
John Locke (Canadian politician) (1825–1873), a Nova Scotia Senator 1867–1873
John Locke (Massachusetts) (1764-1855), member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1823–1829
John Locke (musician), (1943-2006) former member of the jazz-hard rock band "Spirit"
John Locke (poet) (1847-1889), Irish poet, novelist and journalist whose best known poem is Dawn on the Irish Coast
John L. Locke, contemporary American biolinguist, psycholinguist, child phonologist
Joseph Locke (1805–1860), English civil engineer, particularly associated with railway projects
Keith Locke (born 1944), New Zealand Member of Parliament for the Green Party of Aotearoa, New Zealand
Kevin Locke (disambiguation)
Kimberley Locke (born 1978), competitor in second season of American Idol
Lewis Locke (1835-1920), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient.
Matthew Locke (disambiguation)
Matthew Locke (composer) (c. 1621 – 1677), English Baroque composer
Michael K. Locke (1952-2014), American politician
Richard Adams Locke, 19th-century journalist and creator of the Great Moon Hoax
Sondra Locke (born 1947), American actor
William John Locke (1863–1930), English author
Locke, a pseudonym of Peter Wiggin in novels by Orson Scott Card
Locke, father of Knuckles the Echidna in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic books
Chōjin Locke, main character of the manga Locke the Superman
Adam Locke, Nick "Havoc" Parker's commander in video game Command & Conquer: Renegade
John Locke in the television series Lost
Locke Cole, a character in the video game Final Fantasy VI (FF3 in North America)
Jameson Locke, a character in the video game Halo 5: Guardians, Fireteam Osiris leader, former ONI operative
