Dickes Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Records tie Dickes closely to Dykes. The name is generally explained as “Dweller by a ditch”.

• In the 2010 US Census, 463 Americans gave Dickes as their last name (rank 46,037).
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Related forms: Dyke.
• Dickes is listed among the recognised spellings of Dykes.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Dickes, so the heraldry linked to Dykes is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Dickes family name pack.