Sticker Family History

German: occupational name for an embroiderer (see Seidensticker ). German: occupational name for a worker who shapes and sets stakes vineyards from Middle High German stickel ‘pointed stick post’. English (Middlesex): occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English stikke ‘stick twig wooden rod’ (Old English sticca) for someone who gathered firewood. In Clarendon Park persons called ‘stikkers’ were appointed ‘to go about in the said park and gather dry underwood’. English (Middlesex): occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle English stike(n) ‘(to) stab thrust pierce kill with a knife’ (Old English stician) perhaps for a butcher. English (Middlesex): nickname for someone who hunted or butchered hares from Middle English stike(n) ‘(to) kill with a knife’ (Old English stician) + hare ‘hare’ (Old English hara).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022