The recker Surname
recker Name Meaning and History
- North German, Frisian, and Dutch: from a form of the personal name Richard, or a variant of the Dutch name Rijker, composed of the Germanic elements ric ‘power(ful)’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
- North German: topographic name from Middle Low German recke ‘stretch’, ‘route’, ‘hedge’, or a habitational name for someone from Recke, near Osnabrück.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| RECKER from Alexandria, VA | Bill | 0 |
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