Re: Locklear
in reply to a message by myre36915
It doesn't seem like anyone has acted on your submitted correction at this point ( https://surnames.behindthename.com/submit/discuss.php?id=251396 ). I am going to move this post to the surname message board where an editor might more readily see it.
If you want, you could submit it as a parallel name to the existing Locklear entry. If it turns out the name does have two unconnected origins then they should be separate entries anyways.
If you want, you could submit it as a parallel name to the existing Locklear entry. If it turns out the name does have two unconnected origins then they should be separate entries anyways.
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alternately the English name may have been a substitution or folk etymology (an unfamiliar name reworked into a familiar contemporary English form) of the similar-sounding native name (forced or voluntary assimilation). In which case you might place a note cross-linking to an entry for a derivation or form of the Native American name.
Thank you.
I wanna say, if I haven't already, I posted the Locklear days ago.