Dick

in the US

There are 18,416 people with the last name "Dick" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Dick 1,485
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  1. is 1,481st most common Carlton
  2. is 1,482nd most common Vickers
  3. is 1,483rd most common Tan
  4. is 1,484th most common Cano
  5. is 1,485th most common Dick
  6. is 1,486th most common Corona
  7. is 1,487th most common Cornell
  8. is 1,488th most common Snell
  9. is 1,489th most common Hoyt

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dickerson, Dickson, Dickinson, Dickey, Dickens, Dickman, Dickenson, Dicks, Deck, Duck

Most Common First Names for Dick

David, Robert, John, James, William, Michael, Mary, Charles, Thomas, Richard



Meaning & History

Scottish and English: from a short form of Richard. Although found in every part of Britain, the form Dick is especially common in Scotland, and it was from there, in the 17th century, that the surname was taken to northern Ireland.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German dic(ke) ‘thick’, ‘strong’, ‘stout’, or in the case of the Jewish name from modern German dick ‘fat’ or Yiddish dik.

German: topographic name for someone who lived by a thicket or patch of thick undergrowth, from Middle High German dicke, a special use of dic(ke) ‘thick’.

North German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name Theodicho, formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’.


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