Is Fick a jewish name?

Answer 1

A person named Fick could be Jewish.

Orthodox and Conservative Judaism defines a Jew by the mother not the father.

The Reform defines it differently.

The Orthodox and the Conservative state they get the nation from the mother and the tribe from the father. If they don't have a Jewish father, they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family.

They state if a Jewish male marries a non Jew who does not convert to Judaism, the only way their children can be Jewish is to convert to Judaism.

However, a Jewish female can marry a non Jew and her children will be considered a Jew whether her husband converts or not.

I believe a lot of names are considered Jewish in the U. S. as a large portion of the immigrants with certain surnames were Jewish while back in their home countries, the names were common among Jew and non Jews alike.

Answer 2

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Jews picked their surnames 200-400 years ago just the way their Christian neighbors did. So there's not a lot dividing the names by religious affiliation.

Shirley gives a very good explanation of why you have to be careful assuming anything about names and religion, especially when the name is pretty generic, like Fick.

Answer 3

The only way to tell if your Fick ancestors were Jewish would be to trace back.

If they were, don't start bragging about your heritage until you are in graduate school, and not in a pussycat subject like art history or sociology, either; something meaty, like medicine, law, chemistry or physics.

That or be a concert musician, piano or violin preferred; not oboe or drums.

There are some other options, but they involve working for the world's toughest army or its best secret service, the Mossad.

Answer 4

www.ancestry.com/facts/Fick-name-meaning.ashx

Fick
English: variant of Fitch.
North German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich

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rare surname: 1 in 50,000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #6229)

www.swyrich.com
German (1st noted in BAVARIA), and English. Alternate spellings include Vick, de Vick, Vicq, Feck, Fecke, Fedde, etc.
Both German and English locations are shown to have coats of arms.