Wyckoff

W4Y4C3K5O1F4F4

proper noun

A surname from Dutch.

OriginDutch Wyckoff →
UncommonScrabble 25
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounWyckoff (countable and uncountable, plural Wyckoffs)

plural Wyckoffs

  1. countableuncountableA surname from Dutch.

    Rose Wyckoff holds up three kittens August 10 in a Redding neighborhood that has been destroyed by the Carr Fire.

    2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026
  2. countableuncountableA township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Origin

  1. DutchWyckoff
  2. EnglishWyckoff

Borrowed from Dutch Wyckoff, from wijk (“district”) + hof (“farmstead”).

More words from Dutch

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: Wyckoff on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.