German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname meaning ‘fat man’, a
noun formation from Dick 2.
German : topographic name
meaning either ‘dweller by the thicket’ (Middle High German
dicke ‘thicket’) or ‘dweller by the dike’ (Middle Low German
dīk ‘dike’). Compare Dieckman.
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