Name

Name WICK

Between 1980 and 2019 there were 2 births of Wick in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Wick per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

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Prénom Wick
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Nome Wick

Information about the first name Wick

The first name Wick has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Wick is the most common is:

Alberta

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Wick in Japanese ^*

Romaji	wikku
Katakana	ウィック
Hiragana	うぃっく
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Wick in sign language

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Wick in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Wick

English

Etymology

From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”).

Etymology

From Middle English weke, wicke (“wick”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-Germanic *weukan (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”). Compare West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing; propeller, blade; wick”), German Wieche (“wisp; wick”).

Etymology

From Old English cwic (“alive”); similar to an archaic meaning of quick (“endowed with life; having a high degree of vigor, energy, or activity”), and quicken (“come to life”).

Etymology

From Old Norse vik.

Etymology (Proper noun)

Wick
A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650).

Etymology (Noun)

wick (plural wicks)
(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (archaic) A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
(Britain, dialect, chiefly East Anglia and Essex) A farm, especially a dairy farm.

Etymology (Proper noun)