Stroker Family History
Stroker Name Meaning
English: occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English stroker a derivative of Middle English stroken ‘to stroke rub make smooth’ also ‘to sharpen’. The exact sense or senses of the surname cannot be determined without defining contexts but like the etymologically related Straker or Striker it may have denoted a waxer or polisher (of leather for example) or a sharpener of knives. The names were evidently interchangeable and may also have had the sense ‘corn measurer’ a market officer who struck off the top of the corn level with a flat stick (see Striker ). English: nickname from Middle English stroken ‘to stroke’ + her ‘hair’. North German (Ströker): from an agent derivative of Struck .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022