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Definition: 1) A tanner of leather, derived from Middle English "bark," meaning to tan 2) From the Old French "berquier, berchier, bercher, berkier, berker," meaning shepherd. 3) A variant of the German surname Berger, used to describe a man who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from the Old High German "berg," meaning mountain.
Surname Origin:
English, French, German
Alternate Surname Spellings:
BERKER, BERCHER, BERGER, BERGEY, LE BARKERE, BARKE, BARKA, BARKAR
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Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
