Dickel (family name)

Relative distribution of the surname Dickel in Germany

Dickel is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The origin of the family name Dickel has not been clearly established; there are several possibilities. The l suffix of the name (thick- el ) has in this case a diminutive and thus a possible patronymic naming based on Dick back. In particular, the following formations are discussed:

• The family name Dickel can be formed from the Old High German personal name Theodicho or Thiudger and an additional l- suffix . The meaning of the personal name Theodicho is translated people . Other first names and surnames derived from this Old High German name are as examples: Deutsch (surname) , Dieter , Diethelm , Dietrich (name) , Dietz (surname) .

• Likewise, the family names Dick and Dickel may have originated from a nickname in the sense of Dicker Mensch , the latter in turn with an l suffix.

• Dickel could also be derived from thicket, dike or pond as a dwelling name.

• Finally, a derivation from the name Benedictus is also possible.

The family name is mentioned in Hessian and Wittgenstein documents from the middle of the 15th century (see documents from 1451, 1489, 1493, 1495, 1508 and 1515). All but the most recent document refer to places in the Hessian districts of Gießen and Vogelsbergkreis.

distribution

Most common percentage occurrences of the surname Dickel :

• Dickel with around 917 namesake in Germany and in over 143 cities and districts:
  1. North Rhine-Westphalia: around 65% (especially in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, but also in the Hochsauerlandkreis and the Märkisches Kreis)
  2. Hesse: around 20% (especially in the Schwalm-Eder district and in the Vogelsberg district)

The name is not common in Austria and Switzerland. From an international perspective, there are high distribution areas outside of Germany in New Zealand, Argentina, Great Britain and the USA.

variants

Similar names occur (name family according to) in the entire federal territory:

• Dickele: in Baden-Württemberg in the Wyhl district
  • Dickely: demonstrably derived variant Dickely with distribution area in Alsace
• Dickels: in North Rhine-Westphalia in the districts of Düren, Remscheid and Neuss
• Dickelt: in Saxony increasingly in the districts of Torgau-Oschatz and Annaberg
• Diegel: in Hesse in the Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Vogelsberg districts
• Diekel: in Lower Saxony in the municipality of Salzbergen

There are also less common variants: Dickl, Digel, Dikel, Dieckell, but also patronymic forms such as Dickelmann or Diegelmann.

Name bearer

• Arne Dickel (* 1979), German golf professional
• Ferdinand Dickel (1854–1917), German zoologist, chemist and bee researcher
• Friedrich Dickel (1913–1993), Army General and Interior Minister of the GDR
• Georg Dickel (1818–1894), founder of the George Dickel whiskey brand
• Gerhard Dickel ( physical chemist) (1913–2017), inventor of the Clusius-Dickel separation tube
• Gerhard Dickel (musician) (1938–2003), German music professor and organist
• Günther Dickel (1927–1985), German legal scholar
• Hans Dickel (* 1956), German art historian
• Hanspeter Dickel (* 1945), German author of historical and regional books
• Helga Dickel (1919–2004), German politician (KPD), member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament
• Karl Dickel (1853–1920), German forest scientist and lawyer
• Mark Dickel (* 1976), New Zealand basketball player
• Norbert Dickel (* 1961), former professional soccer player and current stadium announcer
• Otto Dickel (1880–1944), German philosopher, writer and founder of the Dickelsmoor horticultural settlement
• Peter Dickel (1819–1896), German organ builder
• Reinhard Dickel (1951–2018), German painter and visual artist

See also

• Dickel community in the Diepholz district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Duden: family names. Origin and meaning . Mannheim 2005. pp. 187f
2. ↑ Heintze / Cascorbi: The German personal names . Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin. P. 480
3. ^ Max Gottschald : German onomastics . Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin 1982.
4. ↑ Ludwig Steub : The Upper German family names . Published by R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1870.
5. ^ Max Gottschald : German onomastics . Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin 1982. p. 152
6. ↑ See also the origin of the name of the German language
7. ↑ Heintze / Cascorbi, The German personal names. Verlag de Gruyter, Berlin 1955. p. 20
8. ↑ Document 135 of June 22, 1451: ... Johann Dickel ... in Waldemar Küther : The Lich Marienstift in the Middle Ages . Lich, 1977. p. 328
9. ↑ Document IV of July 25, 1489: Register of the goods sold by the Arnsburg monastery to the Antonites in Grünberg ... Dickels Contzen ... Dickelhen ... Dickels Peter ... in Friedrich Schunder: The Upper Hessian Monasteries . Elwert, Marburg 1977. pp. 33f.
10. ↑ Document 639 of July 15, 1493: ... Digkels Peters ... in Friedrich Schunder: The Upper Hessian Monasteries . Elwert, Marburg 1977. pp. 454f.
11. ↑ Document 105 of February 10, 1495: ... Dickele ... in Friedrich Schunder: The Upper Hessian Monasteries . Elwert, Marburg 1977. p. 65
12. ↑ Regest no. 10669: Files on the negotiations conducted before the Felda court on January 15, 1508. Regesta of the Landgraves of Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
13. ↑ Henkel and Ludwig Winter, cousins, give Reinhart Dyckel a tenth-free hatch at Girckhausen for 9 guilders
14. ↑ Distribution of the name Dickel in Germany - verwandt.de
15. ↑ World Family Names
16. ↑ Geogen

Web links

• Dickel in GenWiki