Spike

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From spike, variously from having spiky hair, being thin (like a railroad spike), etc.

Proper noun

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Spike

  1. 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

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From spike, perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin person.

Proper noun

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Spike (plural Spikes)

  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
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  • 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

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Anagrams

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German

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Noun

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Spike m (strong, genitive Spikes, plural Spikes)

  1. spike (nail or something similar to it)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Spike” in Duden online