Given name & surname

Tickner

“fork in the road”

Tickner is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Tickner goes back to Old English twiċen, meaning “fork in the road.”

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Where it comes from

Tickner comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English twiċen (“fork in the road”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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