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I've read quite a few posts regarding my surname DICK. Clear your minds out and think of the history. I can trace my family back to 1748 Mid Lothian Scotland. It was derived from Richard Keith who gave his nickname to his daughter on her marriage and so they say my DICK family started. Who really knows if this is correct BUT plain and simple - - - - it IS a surname , MY surname
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Up until just a few decades ago, certainly in the memory of many adults living today, Dick was a perfectly normal first name as well. Derived, of course, from Richard. I also know a family with the surname Dick but in their case it is the German word meaning "thick, fat." However, one of the younger members has changed his surname to Dueck (pronounced Duke).
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That would be an awkward factoid to explain to middle-schoolers...
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Why wouldn't she have taken her husband's surname?
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