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View Surname: Dickens


DICKENS
SOURCE: Given Name
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: DIK-əns   [key]
Meaning & History
From the medieval given name Dicun, a medieval diminutive of DICK (1). A famous bearer of this surname is the English writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870).



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