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The name Weeks is a relatively common English surname, usually either a patronymic of the Middle English ''Wikke'' (''battle'', ''war'') or a topographic or occupational name deriving from ''Wick'' (''small, outlying village''). It may also be an Americanization of the Scandinavian habitational name ''Vik'' (''small bay'', ''inlet''). ==Derivation== ''Weeks'' is an English surname. Common variations include ''Weekes'' and ''Wicks''. It has several known derivations: *A patronymic from the Middle English personal name ''Wikke'', which is in turn a short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element ''wig'', meaning ''battle'', ''war''. *A variant of ''Wick'', which is an English topographic name for someone who lived in an outlying settlement dependent on a larger village; from the Old English ''wic'' (Latin ''vicus''), or a habitational name from a place named with this word.〔 Examples of such places include Week Green in Cornwall, and Wick in Somerset. As the term was especially used to denote an outlying dairy farm or salt works, it may also have been an occupational name for someone who worked at such a facility. The addition of a final "s" to topographical and locational surnames was a usual medieval practice, denoting one who was resident at a place, rather than from it. *An Anglification of the Scandinavian ''Vik'', itself either a habitational name from any of the numerous Norwegian or Swedish farmsteads named with Old Norse ''vík'', meaning ''small bay'', ''inlet'', or (in Swedish) a topographic or ornamental name.〔 An example of this is the Scottish Highland town of Wick, ()〔(The Online Scots Dictionary )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Weeks (surname)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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