The bricker Surname
bricker Name Meaning and History
- Respelling of German Brücker or Brügger, habitational names for someone from any of numerous places in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland named Bruck or Brugg, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a bridge (see Brucker).
- Altered spelling of German Brücher, a topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp, from Middle High German bruoch ‘swamp’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
- English (Somerset): unexplained; perhaps a variant of Brooker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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