Herrick

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from Old Norse Eiríkr.
• As a Dutch surname, from an assimilated Dutch form of Henry (also see Henrick), or from the Germanic elements *harjaz (“army”) + *rīks (“ruler”).
• As an Irish surname, from Ó hEirc, "descendant of Erc," eventually meaning "speckled." Also spelled as Harkin.

Proper noun

Herrick

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A village in Shelby County, Illinois.
   2. A township in Knox County, Nebraska.
   3. A ghost town and former mining community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
   4. A township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
   5. A township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
   6. A small town in Gregory County, South Dakota.
3. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Herrick”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 169.

Anagrams

• Kircher, chirker