Origin
Dijk : Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a dike (see Van Dijk). Compare Dyck Dyk and Dyke.
Burdick : 1: English (Middlesex): nickname from an unrecorded Middle English burre-dokke ‘burdock’ the name of a prickly plant with burrs and dock-like leaves (usually Arctium lappa) common on waste ground. It may have been given to someone of a prickly temperament or perhaps to someone with a hoarse voice.2: Possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch Boerdijk: habitational name from a settlement named Boerdijk composed of boer ‘peasant farmer countryman’ and dijk ‘dike’.
Daiker : 1: Perhaps an altered form of English Daker a habitational name from either of two places called Dacre in Cumbria and North Yorkshire both named from the rivers on which they stand (a Celtic river name meaning ‘trickling’).2: Americanized form of Dutch Dijker from dijk ‘dike’ an occupational name for a constructor and maintainer of dikes.
Dike : 1: English: variant of Dyke.2: English: variant of Dick.3: Americanized form of Dutch Dijk see Dyke.4: West African (Nigeria): from the Igbo personal name Dike meaning ‘powerful man’.
Dykhuis : Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Dijkhuis a topographic name for someone who lived in a house by a dike from dijk ‘dike ditch’ + huis ‘house’. In the US it is found mainly in MI. Compare Dykehouse and Dykhouse and also Dycus.
Dykman : 1: Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Dijkman a topographic name for someone who lived by a dike (Dutch: dijk) and possibly also an occupational name when he has been charged with the maintenance.2: Americanized form of Dieckmann or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dykstra : West Frisian and Dutch: variant mostly archaic or Americanized of Dijkstra composed of Dutch dijk ‘dike’ + the suffix -stra from Old Frisian sittera ‘inhabitant of’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a dike and a habitational name for someone from a place called after its dike such as Surhuizumerdijk and Haskerdijken. The surname Dykstra is also found in Germany including East Frisia.
Opdycke : Americanized form of Dutch Opdijk itself a fused (and shortened) variant of Op Dijk or Op de Dijk: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on (the) dike’ from Middle Dutch op ‘up on’ + dike ‘dike’ (see Van Dijk). The surname Opdijk or Op Dijk is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Opdyke Updike and Updyke.
Updike : Americanized form of Dutch Opdijk itself a fused (and shortened) variant of Op Dijk or Op de Dijk a topographic name for someone who lived ‘on (the) dike’ from Middle Dutch op ‘up on’ + dike ‘dike’ (see Van Dijk). Compare Opdycke and Updyke.
Van Dijk : Dutch: either a topographic name for someone who lived by one of the many thousands of dikes in the Netherlands (Middle Dutch dike ‘dike’) or more usually a habitational name from any of the many places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Dijk Dijke or Dyck or which incorporate dike in their name. This is one of the most common surnames in the Netherlands. In the US it is mostly spelled Van Dyke. Compare Van Dyck and Van Dyk and also Dijk.
Van Dyken : Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Van Dijken itself a variant of Van Dijk with dijk ‘dike’ in the plural form.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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