Dethick

English

Etymology

From Old English dēaþ (“death”) + āc (“oak”), denoting an oak on which criminals were hanged.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛθɪk/

Proper noun

Dethick (countable and uncountable, plural Dethicks)

1. A hamlet in Dethick, Lea and Holloway parish, Amber Valley borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3258).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dethick is the 31781^st most common surname in England, belonging to 112 individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dethick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 450.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• ked itch, thicked