Last name origins & meanings:
- German: topographic name from Middle High German bach
‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant, or a
habitational name from any of various places named with this word, for
example Bach or Bachern.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of
Bachar.
- Danish: probably of German origin (see
1).
- Respelling of Norwegian Bakker, a habitational name
from any of the farmsteads so named (see Back).
- English: variant of Baker.
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