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Origin: There is a family legend or tradition, called the 'waif' tale, handed down for many generations, and by now at least apochryphal, that a young boy was found wandering somewhere in Wales, and taken in by people who reared him. His name was unknown, but because he was fond of music (then spelled musick), he was given the name 'Musick.
Surnames: Music, Musick
Submitted by: Donald G Musick
Origin of Sick, Meaning of Sick
Origin: Derived from Sagar (from a.s. saga, meaning saw). Occuational; a sawyer.
Surnames: Sagar; Sager; Seger; Saggar; Sagger; Segger; Sigger; Sicker; Secker; Sigher
Submitted by: Michael Saggers
Origin of Sick, Meaning of Sick
Origin: The name Grassick was invented to hide the true identity of Dalziel, hiding from the English after the Battle of Culloden. The name was derived from the Gaelic for "shoemaker" or "cobbler", which was the disguise adopted for this original ancestors escape.
Surnames: Grassick
Submitted by: Billl Grassick
Origin of Sick, Meaning of Sick
Origin: Essick is an anglicized spelling of the original German name Essig. The German Essig is translated into English as 'vinegar'!
Surnames: Essick/Essig/Allee
Submitted by: Martin Essick
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