I believe you spell it Sharke...Is it an Indian type of last name?
2007-12-29 16:10:07 · 3 answers · asked by puffer fish 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
With varied spellings:
Shark
English: possibly a variant of Chark, a metonymic occupational name for a porter or carrier, from Old French "charche" ‘load’.
Sharkey
Irish (Ulster and Connacht): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó" Searcaigh "‘descendant of "Searcach"’, a byname meaning ‘"beloved’".
So, going by this, there was no Indian unless he was born in Dublin or Paris. LOL
2007-12-29 17:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to know if that's the original last name - it could be Scharke, which would be German.
2007-12-29 16:14:01 · answer #2 · answered by Lorraine H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this website:
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/sharkey-family-crest.htm
2007-12-29 16:30:54 · answer #3 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋