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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (East Midlands) : habitational name from either of two places called Hickling, in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk, from the Old English tribal name Hicelingas ‘people of Hicel(a)’, a personal name or byname of unknown origin.
  • English (East Midlands) : pet form of Hick.

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