Chadwick

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US/ˈt͡ʃædwɪk/

proper noun

A habitational surname from Old English.

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Meanings

proper nounChadwick (countable and uncountable, plural Chadwicks)

plural Chadwicks · alternative Chaddock · alternative Shaddock · alternative Shadduck · alternative Shadix · alternative Shadwick · alternative Shattock · alternative Shattuck

  1. countableA habitational surname from Old English.
  2. countableA male given name.

    foreword by Chadwick Smith.

    2012, Patti Dickinson, Coach Tommy Thompson and the Boys of Sequoyah, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page iv
  3. A placename
    1. countableuncountableA village in Carroll County, Illinois, United States.
    2. countableuncountableA former community in Ionia County, Michigan, United States.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
    4. countableuncountableA suburb of Esperance, Western Australia, Australia.
    5. countableuncountableA village in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SO8369).

Origin

Derived from Old English Ċeadda (“Chad”) + Old Norse vík.

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APA

Chadwick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chadwick

MLA

“Chadwick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chadwick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chadwick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chadwick.

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