The sedgwick Surname
sedgwick Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Sedgwick in Cumbria, so named from
the Middle English personal name Sigg(e) (from Old Norse
Siggi or Old English Sicg, short forms of the various
compound names with the first element ‘victory’) + Old English
wic ‘outlying settlement’, ‘dairy farm’; or from Sedgewick
in Sussex, named with Old English secg ‘sedge’ +
wic.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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