The stoker Surname
stoker Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name for someone from any of the numerous places called Stoke.
- Dutch: occupational name for a stoker, Middle Dutch stokere, or from the same word in the sense ‘fire raiser’, ‘arsonist’.
- Scottish: occupational name for a trumpeter, Gaelic stocaire, an agent derivative of stoc ‘Gaelic trumpet’. The name is borne by a sept of the McFarlanes.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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