Dyck is a form of the Dutch surname (van) Dijck, which is also common among Russian Mennonites.
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to:
Kowalski is the second most common surname in Poland. Kowalski surname is derived from the word kowal, meaning "[black]smith".
Acland is an English surname. The Aclands of Devon were an influential family, whose name was derived from Acland near Barnstaple. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname Van Dijk, Van Dijke, Van Dijck, or Van Dyck. Meaning living near the dike.
Petrie is a surname of Scottish origin which may refer to:
Dick is used as a surname in English, German and other languages. In English, the surname is patronymic based on the use of Dick as a first name, meaning 'son of Dick' or 'son of Richard', just like Dickson. The name can also be based on the use of the Middle English words dich, diche, dik, dike 'ditch' as a place name description. In German, surnames with the form Dick has arisen through different sources: the adjective dick 'plump', the noun Dickicht 'thicket' used about someone living in such a location, as a patronymic surname based on Dick used as a first name or nick name, or as a variant of Dieck.
Ebersole is a surname of Swiss German origin with the meaning "boar ground". Eversole, Ebersol and Ebersold are other spellings of this name. Ebersol and Ebersole also occur among Mennonites and the Amish. It may refer to:
Richards is a Celtic Welsh, or Cornish surname based on the English version of the parent's name ending in -S. In 1881 people with this surname were mainly located in Wales, Cornwall and adjacent South-West counties of England. By 1998 many Welsh and Cornish people had migrated to cities in England particularly those adjacent to these areas. The name is derived from the Germanic ric ("power") and hard ("brave"/"hardy").
Van Dijk is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) dike". With 56,441 people, it was the fifth most common name in the Netherlands in 2007. Abroad, people with this surname usually abandoned the ij digraph, resulting in names like Van Dyke and Van Dyk. People with the original surname include:
Van Dyck or Vandyck is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) dike", originally written Van Dijck. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Dyk or Vandyk is an Afrikaans toponymic meaning "from (the) dike". It can also be directly derived from the Dutch form Van Dijk.
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Stauffer is a German surname, the origin of which derives from the Proto-German word staupa, meaning "steep." Staupa and its Middle High German descendant, stouf, evolved to mean, among other things, a steep hill or mountain. Many of these hills and mountains serve as the basis for the names of such places as Donaustauf, Hohenstaufen, Staufenberg, Regenstauf, Staufen im Breisgau, and the Staufens of Switzerland and Austria. Stauffer surnames derive from these hills. The Swiss Mennonite Stauffers common in the U.S. and Canada derive their name from a hill called Stouffe or Stauffenalp just southwest of the town of Röthenbach im Emmental in Switzerland.
Loewen is a spelling variant of the word Löwen which means "lions" in German. This spelling is uncommon in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and a surname with this spelling is usually used by Mennonites or by Americans who Americanized their Löwen to Loewen. Notable people with the name include:
Epp is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Zawadzki is a Polish and Ukrainian surname. It is a toponymic surname derived from one of the numerous locations named Zawada or Zawady.
Troyer is a last name of German origin which is widespread among the Amish, Brethren and the Mennonites. It is the Pennsylvania German form of the German last name "Dreier", "Dreyer", "Treyer" or "Dreher". A Dreher in German is a traditional operator of a rotating cutting machine.
Kratz is a surname.
Nieuwenhuizen is a Dutch surname meaning "new houses". A great number of variant forms exist. Notable people with such surname include:
Dueck or Dück is a German surname, a spelling variety of Dyck, which mostly comes from the Dutch surname (van) Dijck. The name is wide spread among Russian Mennonites. It may refer to: