The kerker Surname
kerker Name Meaning and History
- South German: variant of Kercher (see Karcher), but also from the dialect word Kerker ‘prison’ (Latin carcer), hence a metonymic occupational name for a prison warder or possibly a topographic name.
- North German: topographic name for someone who lived near a church, from Low German kerke ‘church’, or possibly an occupational name from a reduced form of Low German Kerkener ‘sexton’.
- Sorbian topographic name for someone living near bushes, from Sorbian kerk ‘bush’, ‘undergrowth’.
- Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a dungeon, Dutch kerker.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Joseph Thomas Kerker, b. 1850 | Cathe Gordon | 0 |
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