Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 6/23/2006 by Christy Edited 3/26/2015 by Beautiful Victory Meaning & History Derived from a place name (Matlock in Derbyshire) meaning ‘meeting-place oak’ from Old English mæthel ‘meeting’, ‘gathering’, ‘council’ and ac ‘oak’.