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Dickinson

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

English : Powerful, rich ruler

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

Northern English : patronymic from the personal name Dicken, Dickin, a pet form of Dick.
Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.