Surname · also Dutch
Recht
“worker”
Recht is a surname from Dutch (ultimately Proto-West Germanic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Recht goes back to Dutch wrecht, meaning “worker.”
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Where it comes from
Recht comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Dutch wrecht (“worker”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurhtijō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Recht’s family of names
In English usage, Recht as a surname shares a linguistic root with Wright.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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