Given name & surname

Wyke

“village”

Wyke is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wyke goes back to Old English wīċ, meaning “village.”

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Where it comes from

Wyke comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wīċ (“village”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

People named Wyke

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Wyke, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Winch

“lapwing”

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Old English

Wingrave

“belonging to” · “grove”

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Old English

Winstone

“stone”

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Old English

Wiffen

“woman; wife”

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Old English

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

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Old English

Winkley

“woodland clearing, glade”

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Old English

Widdicombe

“wide”

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Old English

Wykeham

“homestead”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Wyke’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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