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Surname Etymology and Meaning of DICK

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The familiar abbreviation of Richard. It may come from the Dutch Dyck, a bank or dike, a bulwark thrown up in the Low Countries against the sea or rivers to prevent inundation.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).