Work Family History
Work Name Meaning
Scottish (Orkney): habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of Saint Ola Orkney. English: from Middle English werk ‘earthwork fortification’ Older Scots wark ‘work building’ (both from Old English (ge)weorc) a topographic or occupational name for a person who lived or worked at a fort earthwork or similar construction or a habitational name from any place so called such as Wark (Northumberland). Danish: habitational name from a place so called.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022