Opdycke Family History
Opdycke Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Opdijk itself a fused (and shortened) variant of Op Dijk or Op de Dijk: topographic name for someone who lived ‘on (the) dike’ from Middle Dutch op ‘up on’ + dike ‘dike’ (see Van Dijk ). The surname Opdijk or Op Dijk is no longer found in the Netherlands. Compare Opdyke Updike and Updyke .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022