At a Glance
- Meaning
- The hemlock tree (Tsuga), an evergreen conifer native to North America
- Origin
- Old English
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- HEM-lok
Hemlock is an Old English boy's name meaning “the hemlock tree (Tsuga), an evergreen conifer native to North America”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Hemlock
Meaning: The hemlock tree (Tsuga), an evergreen conifer native to North America.
Origin: Old English.
A common claim: Often assumed to reference the poison that killed Socrates. Actually: Misleading — the North American hemlock tree behind this name/place-name is a harmless conifer, unrelated to the poisonous plant most people picture.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Hemlock
HEM-lokIPA /ˈhɛmlɒk/
Popularity of Hemlock
Hemlock doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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