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Surname Etymology and Meaning of DYKE

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(origin: Local) A name given to one who lived near a ditch, bank, or entrenchment, as "John at the dyke."

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