The zwicker Surname
zwicker Name Meaning and History
- occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwicken ‘to secure with nails’, ‘to peg’; this could denote a leather or textile worker, a cooper, or someone performing a similar function in a wide variety of other industries including, or example, salt extraction and mining.
- nickname for a small person or a topographic name (see Zwick).
- habitational name for someone from a place called Zwickau.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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