The tickner Surname
tickner Name Meaning and History
Southern English: perhaps a variant of Tichner, a
topographic name for someone who lived at a crossroads or a fork in
the road, Old English twicen(e) (a derivative of twa
‘two’). This occurs as a place name, particularly in Devon in the form
Twitchen, and in one case as Tuchenor.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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