Hecker Family History
Hecker Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: variant of Heck 1 with the addition of the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Hecke or Hecken. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Hacker ‘butcher woodcutter’. Americanized form of Estonian Äkke ‘harrow’ presumably an arbitrary surname given by a manorial official to an agricultural worker.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022