The ecker Surname
ecker Name Meaning and History
- Dutch and German: from a medieval personal name, probably a short form of Eckhard (see Eckert).
- German: topographic name for someone who lived in a corner house or kept a corner shop, from Middle High German ecke ‘corner’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Eck 1.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): occupational name from a Yiddish dialect eker ‘(wood)cutter’, ‘chopper’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Ecker ‘beechnut’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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