The decker Surname
decker Name Meaning and History
- German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
- Dutch: variant of Dekker, cognate with 1.
- English: variant of Dicker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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