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First Names: Alphabetically; By Origin

Surnames: Alphabetically; By Origin

The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names

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First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.

Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.

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Last name origins & meanings:

Norwegian and Swedish (Åker): from åker ‘plowed field’, applied either as an ornamental or a topographic name.
Possibly a variant of English, German, and Dutch Acker or of German Eicher.

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