Last name STRYKER: origin and meaning

Stryker : 1: Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Strijker from Middle Dutch striker an occupational name for a measurer (of cloth or linen) or for someone whose job was to smooth cloth or to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over the brim of the measure thus removing any heaped excess.2: Possibly also English: variant of Striker.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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