English: nickname for a person who insisted on a strict code of
social behavior.
German: topographic name for someone
who lived on or by a hill, from Middle High German stickel
‘hill’, ‘slope’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant; in the
south an occupational name for someone who shapes and sets stakes in
vineyards.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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