Given name & surname · also West Frisian
Dykstra
“dike”
Dykstra is a surname from West Frisian, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dykstra goes back to Old Frisian dik, meaning “dike.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Dykstra comes from West Frisian, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From West Frisian Dykstra, from Dutch Dijkstra, from Old Frisian dik (“dike”), from Proto-West Germanic *dīk.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dykstra’s family of names
In English usage, Dykstra as a surname was borrowed from the Dutch form DIJKSTRA. In German usage, Dykstra as a surname has a related form in EXTRA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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