Stricker Family History
Stricker Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a rope maker or knitter (of hose for example) from an agent derivative of Middle High German Middle Low German stricken ‘to tie’. German: occupational name for someone who snared animals from an agent derivative of Middle High German stric Middle Low German strik ‘cord rope’. Dutch: occupational name for someone whose job was to smooth cloth or to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure thus removing any heaped excess Middle Dutch strijker. Compare Streicher .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022