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[Surname] Zadek
by Pseudonym (guest)
6/9/2011, 3:44 PM
I believe it is German, possibly Jewish.
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- Marc (guest)   +3
6/9/2011, 6:09 PM
- Jim Young (guest)   +2
6/11/2011, 6:30 AM
According to the Oxford Names Companion this name is from the Hebrew tsadik meaning a pious or saintly man.
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- Marc (guest)   +1
6/11/2011, 8:14 AM
In their Jewish Family Names and Their Origins, Guggenheimer & Guggenheimer give the origin of Zadek (also Zad(d)ik, Tsad(d)ik, Sad(d)ik) as either Hebrew 'just, justified' or Arabic 'true, truthful, sincere'.
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- Temps-de-plank (guest)
7/21/2011, 11:11 AM
Arabic if written with S
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