Picker

See also: picker

English

Alternative forms

• Pickar

Etymology

Various origins:

• From picker, an English occupational surname for someone who used a pick.
• Borrowed from German Picker, an occupational surname for someone who used a pickaxe.
• Borrowed from Dutch Picker, an occupational surname for a stonemason or for a reaper or mower.
• Jewish Ashkenazi nickname for a glutton, from Yiddish פּיקן (pikn, “to peck”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Picker (plural Pickers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picker is the 29581^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 797 individuals. Picker is most common among White (95.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Picker”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• repick, ripeck