Alderwick

English

Etymology

Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.

Proper noun

Alderwick (plural Alderwicks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Alderwick is the 30233^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 121 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alderwick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.