Blacker Family History

English: from Blacker a minor placename in Crigglestone in Sandal (Yorkshire) meaning ‘black marsh’ from Old English blæc ‘black’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘marsh’. English: occupational name from Middle English blakere blakkere a derivative of Middle English blaken ‘to blacken’ (from Old English blæc ‘black’).

The occupation may have involved making black dye or pigment such as ink or else dyeing cloth or leather black. German (Bläcker): probably from Middle Low German black ‘black ink’ hence an occupational name for an ink maker.