The blick Surname
blick Name Meaning and History
- English: unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blician).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.
- German: Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.
- German: short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.
- German: from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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