Danish (Mørk) and Swedish (Mörk): nickname
for someone with dark hair or a swarthy complexion, from Danish
mørk, Swedish mörk ‘dark’ (Old Norse myrkr,
whence also the English word murk(y)).Norwegian:
habitational name from any of about 20 farmsteads so named, from Old
Norse mork ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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