Lark vs Read

Lark

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage. 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic shortened from Larkin, a medieval diminutive of Laurence. 

  • A female given name from English from the lark bird. 

  • A river in England, on the border between Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. 

  • A surname transferred from the nickname, from lark as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks. 

Read

name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A township in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. 

  • An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • A surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid. 

  • A township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. 

  • A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634). 

How often have the words Lark and Read occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )