occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle
High German zwicken ‘to secure with nails’, ‘to peg’; this
could denote a leather or textile worker, a cooper, or someone
performing a similar function in a wide variety of other industries
including, or example, salt extraction and mining.nickname for a
small person or a topographic name (see Zwick).habitational name for someone from a place called Zwickau.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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