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Hendricks
HEHN-drihks
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A surname originating as a patronymic form of Hendrick.
"The Hendricks family settled in Minnesota in the 1880s."
How to Use Hendricks
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname meaning "son of Hendrick", also a small-town place name.
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Word Forms
Hendrickses plural
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Etymology
From the given name Hendrick plus the patronymic "-s".