Family name origins & meanings
- English : from Middle English diche, dike ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’ + man ‘man’, hence an occupational name for a ditch digger or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ditch or dike. See also Dyke.
- English : occupational name meaning ‘servant (Middle English man) of Dick’.
- Dutch : elaborated form of Dyck.
- Americanized spelling of German Dickmann.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname meaning ‘fat man’, a noun formation from Dick 2.