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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Melick.
Proper noun
Melick (plural Melicks)
- A surname from Dutch.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Melick is the 23315th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1092 individuals. Melick is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as Mederiacum and Moderiacum around 300, attested with certainty as malica in 943. If the oldest attestations refer to the current settlement, a derivation from Latin *Mederius (“a personal name”) or *Moderius suffixed with -acum is possible. If the oldest attestations do not refer to the current settlement, a derivation from Latin Melius (“a personal name”) suffixed with -acum is possible. Compare Meiderich.
See also Limburgish Melik, Mieëlik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeː.lɪk/
- Hyphenation: Me‧lick
Proper noun
Melick n
- A village in Roerdalen, Limburg, Netherlands.
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN