Norwick Family History

Scottish (Orkney): habitational name from Norwick in Unst (Shetland). The placename derive from Old Norse north ‘north northern’ + vīk ‘small creek inlet’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

English: possibly a habitational name from any of several places in Essex Gloucestershire Somerset or Worcestershire called Northwick. The placenames derive from Old English north ‘north northern’ + wīc ‘specialized or outlying farm’.

Americanized form of Norwegian Norvik: from Old Norse nór ‘narrow passage in a river strait’ + vik ‘bay inlet’.