Doctor Family History
Doctor Name Meaning
Scottish (Angus): occupational name from Middle English and Older Scots doctour ‘authority on theology or medicine; teacher scholar or physician’. Americanized form of Hungarian Polish Czech and Slovak Doktor and German or Dutch Dokter Docter Dockter or Docktor . Indian (Gujarat and Mumbai): Parsi occupational name for a physician from the English word doctor.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022