An English topographic name for someone who lived on an outlying farm; it is a modern variation of the Anglo-Saxon wic. The surname is also of German origin.
People Cole Wick (born 1993), American athlete and NFL player Denis Wick (1931–2025), British orchestral trombonist Douglas Wick (born 1954), American movie producer Emily Wick, American academic and MIT professor Evan Wick (born 1997), American wrestler Frances Wick (1875–1941), American physicist Gian Carlo Wick (1909–1992), Italian theoretical physicist Hal Wick (1944–2018), American politician Helmut Wick (1915–1940), German Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hilton Wick (1920–2006), American politician and Vermont Senator
Joe Wick (1916–1994), German orchestra conductor, singer and drummer Johann Jakob Wick (1522–1588), a Protestant clergyman from Zürich John Wick (game designer) John Wick, a whistleblower responsible for the disclosure of expenses of British Members of Parliament Milton I. Wick, American newspaper businessman who founded Wick Communications Company. Rowan Wick (born 1992), Canadian baseball player Stan Wick, (born 1984) Swiss-born Irish ice hockey centre, currently contracted to HC Ambrí-Piotta. Temperance Wick, American heroine Walter Wick (born 1953), American artist and photographer William W. Wick (1796–1868), American politician, United States Congressman, and Secretary of State of Indiana
Fictional characters John Wick, titular character of the eponymous film series, and films John Wick: Chapter 1 (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019), and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
See also Wick (disambiguation) Wicks (surname)