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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BECKER

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(origin: Ger.) From becker, the same as backer, a baker. It may be from becher, a cup or goblet, from bechern, to tipple; "der Becher" (Ger.), drinker, a tippler; the same in Dutch.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).