The rader Surname
rader Name Meaning and History
- occupational name for a wheelwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.
- (Räder): metonymic occupational name for a flour sifter or mill hand, from Middle High German reder ‘sieve’.
- occasionally an occupational name from Middle Low German rader ‘adviser’.
- from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements rad, rat ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + heri ‘army’.
- Americanized spelling of German Röder (see Roeder).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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