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Definition: 1) From the German "becker," meaning baker, or one who bakes bread. 2) One who created wooden vessels such as cups, mugs, and pitchers, derived from Middle High German "becher," meaning cup or goblet, from Greek "bikos," meaning pot or pitcher. 3) A derivative of the Old English "becca" meaning mattock - used to denote a maker or user of mattocks, digging tools with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle.
Surname Origin:
German, English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
BAECKER, BEKKER, BECKERDITE
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Surname Finder - BECKER Genealogy & Family Resources BECKER Surname & Family Mailing List BECKER Family Genealogy Forum FamilySearch - BECKER Genealogy German Genealogy Cousin Connect - BECKER Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - BECKER Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - BECKER Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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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.
