Given name & surname · also Dutch
Knickerbocker
“cracker”
Knickerbocker is a surname, probably from Dutch (ultimately German).
Original GermanBäcker
Meaning & origin
What it means
Knickerbocker probably goes back to Dutch knacker, meaning “cracker.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Knickerbocker probably comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Knickerbocker as a surname developed from BAKKER. In English usage, Knickerbocker as a surname developed from Bäcker.
Knickerbocker’s family of names
In English usage, Knickerbocker as a surname developed from the Dutch form BAKKER. In English usage, Knickerbocker as a surname developed from the German form Bäcker.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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