Given name & surname · also German
Picker
“to peck”
Picker is a surname from German, ultimately from Yiddish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Picker goes back to Yiddish פּיקן, meaning “to peck.”
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Where it comes from
Picker comes from German, and ultimately from Yiddish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Picker, from Dutch Picker, from Yiddish פּיקן (“to peck”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Picker’s family of names
In English usage, Picker as a surname has a related form in PICKAR. In English usage, Picker as a surname has a related form in PICKAR.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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