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Surname Etymology and Meaning of PICKER

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English: occupational name for someone who used a pick, from Middle English pi(c)k ‘pick’ (see Pick) + the agent suffix -er.
2. English: occupational name for someone who caught or sold pike, from Middle English pike ‘pike’ + the agent suffix -er.
3. English: topographic name for someone who lived on a pointed hill (see Pike 1), the -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.
4. German: occupational name for someone who used a pick or pickaxe, from an agent derivative of Middle High German bicken ‘to prick or stab’.
5. Dutch: occupational name for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower, from Middle Dutch picker, pecker.
6. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a big eater or a glutton, from Yiddish pikn ‘to eat’ with the noun suffix -er.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)