Kirker Family History
Kirker Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): perhaps from a shortened form of McKerracher an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhearchair a lenited patronymic from the personal name Fearchar see Farquhar . Americanized form of German Kircher . English: perhaps from a derivative of Middle English kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja) for someone who lived by a church (see Kirk ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022