Spike
See also: spike
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology 1
editFrom spike, variously from having spiky hair, being thin (like a railroad spike), etc.
Proper noun
editSpike
- A male nickname.
- 1995, Donna E. Norton, Through the eyes of a child: an introduction to children's literature, page 418:
- This book contains mostly humorous animal poems by poets such as Spike Milligan, Theodore Roethke, and Rudyard Kipling.
- 2013, Zadie Smith, N-W, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 238:
- He was meant to be called Benjamin, but he arrived with a little tuft of hair on top of his head, like a spike, and they called him Spike for three days, and then recalled a romantic, childless afternoon, years earlier, spent watching a matinee revival of She's Gotta Have It.
Etymology 2
editFrom spike, perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin person.
Proper noun
editSpike (plural Spikes)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Spike is the 36736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Spike is most common among White (81.74%) and Black/African American (12.99%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spike”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
editGerman
editNoun
editSpike m (strong, genitive Spikes, plural Spikes)
- spike (nail or something similar to it)
Declension
editDeclension of Spike [masculine, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Spike” in Duden online