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There is a Polish surname Dacki (not common), pronounced Datski. Could this be one of those Polish names adapted to the Lithuanian language, like Kancielski/Kancielskis, Zamecki/Zameckis? Meaning, possibly from some minor place-name like Dak or Dacz.
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I guess it was actually a Longer Greek name that got Americanized, not sure what the Original name was.
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OOPS! That's that theory shot down! Then it must be the tailend of a name, -akis, with only the D left of the rest. I wish you luck in rediscovering it. The ending suggests it was the name of an ancestor, Theodorakis is an example. That ending is often found on names originating in Crete.
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I think I got smart on this one ...searched both Greek and Latin sites and books and came up with this ...
Of course, it's a bit of a guess (as most of these are ...) but I looked for the first syllable ...no luck in Greek on websites, but I found in Latin "DICARE, to tell, DICERE, to say: DIC" in a Latin/Greek etymology book which lead me to look up on the web "to tell" in Greek because I couldn't find anything in Greek that closely resembled the first syllable “dik” ...
But looking up the Greek for the English "to tell" lead me to ...diigoumai ...not close you may think, but when you consider there are no "c's" in Greek and that "g's" sound often like "k's", I think we have our culprit ...
Anyway, sorry to go through the extent of this ...just that it felt good to get some answer (though I'm not positive, but wanted to share the experience) …
So ultimately, the name likely means something like “the descendant of the storyteller” or something similar …a good name! ...that is, of course, that I am right!!
Of course, it's a bit of a guess (as most of these are ...) but I looked for the first syllable ...no luck in Greek on websites, but I found in Latin "DICARE, to tell, DICERE, to say: DIC" in a Latin/Greek etymology book which lead me to look up on the web "to tell" in Greek because I couldn't find anything in Greek that closely resembled the first syllable “dik” ...
But looking up the Greek for the English "to tell" lead me to ...diigoumai ...not close you may think, but when you consider there are no "c's" in Greek and that "g's" sound often like "k's", I think we have our culprit ...
Anyway, sorry to go through the extent of this ...just that it felt good to get some answer (though I'm not positive, but wanted to share the experience) …
So ultimately, the name likely means something like “the descendant of the storyteller” or something similar …a good name! ...that is, of course, that I am right!!
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Just wanted to mention that why I looked up Latin names as well as Greek names is because so many of them are derived from Greek and that the languages, though very different, share many of the same roots ...
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There is, or was, a Greek male given name, Didakos, which was based on the word for teach, the source of English words such as didactic. However, as this surname is thought to have been shortened, I'm sticking to my last idea (till that gets shot down).
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