Portuguese: patronymic from the medieval personal name
Didacus (genitive Didaci). Compare Diego. DK
This name is also common in the former Portuguese colony of Goa and
elsewhere on the west coast of India, having been taken there by
Portuguese settlersRM.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
139,023
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