A History of Surnames

Wickfield is an English surname made up of Middle English wik, wich meaning "village, hamlet, town" from Latin vicus (village, hamlet) via Proto-Indo-European root word  *weyḱ (to settle; settlement);  and field, a topographical name   referring to an open or cultivated land or pasture; so Wickfield originally referred to someone who lived in a hamlet or village near a field.  Origin: Proto-Indo-European Pinterest

Pinterest Whitaker is an English surname deriving from a place name made of up of Old English elements hwit (white) and   æcer (cultivated land, field), meaning "white field" though spelled  Whiteacre it means "wheat field", the first part derived from Old English  hwǣte (wheat). Origin: Old English Variants : Whittaker  Whitacre  Whittakers  Whiteacre  Witacre