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I like it, but for "lark" names I prefer Laerke (pro. Lair-keh) for boy or girl.

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-Seda*

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"WOOHOO! Hey I have to tell y'all something. I went to Sea World for the first time yesterday. It rocked! I got to kiss a whale! And it kissed me back!"-Kelly Clarkson

I think it's cute. I like it as a nn, actually, but didn't know what it was short for. I think it would be wonderful to honor your family by using Laurence and calling him Larkin. I like Laurie too (thanks to Little Women, lol), but it's gone over to the girls' side pretty permanently, I believe. lol

I think Larkin is nice, but it works better on a girl imo.

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"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true."

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♥Elinor♥

I love this name.

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~Lisa~

I like it. At first for a boy, but it's kind of cute for a girl too.

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Larkin is not really my style, but if used it is only nice on a boy.

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I have an uncle Laurence nn Larry. I prefer Larry to Laurie and Larkin, but I guess Larkin is better than Laurie, although Laurie is nice too.

I like it. It does sound fey to me -- I'm under the impression that good old Anne Rice, who can be counted on to have used every fey boy name there is for one of her vamp characters (male or female), has of course used Larkin for a vampire character. That might kind of wreck it.. or perhaps it doesn't matter. To me, in real life Larkin sounds like a name picked out by parents who consider themselves to be somewhat outside the mainstream or artistic (but who may or may not actually be) - a subculture sort of name; middle class, educated, liberal, young. I could be way off the mark, but that's how it seems to me. I still like it. :-)

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I like Laurence but only for a girl, and I dislike Larkin, it's ugly to me... sorry...

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~~ Claire ~~

I don't care for it. It isn't at all masculine, it is a tad surname-y, and the word lark too strongly within it. I don't see it as a nickname for Laurence -which I don't care for, but since it's a family name, then it's OK-, as I think it's more derived from the name, rather than a short/pet form of it (my opinion only), and while you may not like Laurie as a nickname, the child might; I think nicknames should not be planned, but should be left up to the child, and I also don't think the decision of a formal name (Laurence) should revolve around a nickname (Larkin).

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Edit: Added a comment.

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-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom

This message was edited 3/11/2005, 5:46 PM

Werent the family in the tv series Darling buds of May called Larkin?
The show that Catherine Zeta Jones started out in
Larking about ( fooling around ) also comes to mind
Not my style

Personally, I don't like it. It sounds a bit out-of-date but, it's unique. I like names that are unique. I also like it better as a girl's name.