Tucker (surname)
Tucker is a surname of disputed origin.
Possible derivation of the name
The origin of the name is not entirely certain, but since it has a long history as a surname on the continent, as in England and from thereon, also in the United States, it presumably has the same Saxon roots.In England
Recorded as both Tucker and Tooker, the derivation of the English occupational surname comes from the Old English, pre-7th Century verb tucian, meaning "to torment". It would have been for a fuller, also known as a "walker", one who softened freshly woven cloth by beating and tramping on it in water. "Tucker" was the usual term in the southwest of England, "walker" in the west and north, and "fuller" in the southeast and East Anglia.The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of one Baldwin Tuckere in the 1236 Records of Battle Abbey in Sussex. Nevertheless, one should not be too hasty to assign English origin to bearers of the surname.
German and Dutch origins
Linguistically, the word tucker is assumed to be related to the German tucher, which means "towel-maker". In the 15th century, the bulk of the German cotton trade was in the hands of the Tucher von Simmelsdorffamily in Nürnberg, where Tucher Castle still stands.
In Old Dutch, which is closely related to Old German, the word tuch was often used as a verb to mean "to tug sharply". The similar linguistic origin of these words is also recognizable in the English etymology.
In the Netherlands the earliest known Tucker was Jan Tucker, who in 1368 sold a house on the Hagedijk Road to Antwerp in the city of Breda. Breda held a local monopoly on the wool trade in those days. Over the centuries the Dutch form of the surname has been spelled both Tucker and Tukker.
Possible Irish origin
Tucker can also be an Anglicized form of the Irish surname O'Tuachair, which first appeared in the Annals of Ulster in 1126 AD as Uá Tuathchair It is not uncommon to see Anglicized representations of Irish surnames, and myriad examples may be cited. According to Patrick Woulfe, in his book Irish Names and Surnames it is the name of two distinct septs; one from the Irish Midlands region known as Ely-O'Carroll, and another from County Mayo. These findings were confirmed by the first Chief Herald of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght, and published in his book More Irish Families.Variants of the Irish surname include Toher, Togher, and Tougher.
People
- Noble house of Tucher von Simmelsdorf
- Abi Tucker, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- Abraham Tucker, English philosopher
- Adele Tucker, Bermudian schoolteacher and trade unionist
- Alando Tucker, University of Wisconsin basketball player
- Albert Tucker , Australian artist
- Albert W. Tucker, Canadian-American mathematician
- Alfred Robert Tucker, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa from 1897 to 1911
- Anand Tucker, Thai-British filmmaker
- Anne Wilkes Tucker, American museum curator
- Annette Tucker, American songwriter and producer
- Arnold Tucker, United States Air Force officer and American football player
- Art Tucker, American boxer
- B. J. Tucker, American football player
- Barbara Tucker, African-American singer-songwriter
- Benjamin Tucker, American anarchist
- Bernard Tucker, English ornithologist
- Charles Tucker , Australian politician
- Charles Tucker , British Army General
- Charles Tucker , American test pilot
- Charlotte Maria Tucker English writer
- Chris Tucker, African-American actor
- Corin Tucker, American singer and guitarist
- Cynthia Tucker, American opinion columnist
- Daniel Tucker, several people
- Darcy Tucker, Canadian hockey player
- David Tucker
- Deborah Tucker, American actress and figure skater
- C. Delores Tucker, African-American politician and civil rights activist
- Donald Kofi Tucker, American politician
- Duncan Tucker, American filmmaker
- Earl Snakehips Tucker, American dancer
- Ebenezer Tucker, American judge and legislator
- Eddie Tucker, American baseball player
- Forrest Tucker, American actor
- Frank T. Tucker, American politician
- Gee Tucker, African-American actor, model, and businessperson
- George Tucker
- Geri Coleman Tucker, African-American journalist
- Gordon Tucker, American rabbi
- Harold Tucker, Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, from 1984–1985
- Henry Tucker
- Irene Tucker, American philosopher
- Jalie Tucker, American professor of clinical psychology
- Janeiro Tucker, Bermudan cricketer
- Jason Tucker, American football player
- Jeffrey Tucker, American writer and publisher
- Jerry Tucker, American actor
- Jim Guy Tucker, American politician
- John Tucker
- John Bartholomew Tucker, American radio and television host
- Josiah Tucker, Welsh churchman, economist and political writer
- James Neil Tucker, American convicted of murderer and executed
- Jimmy Tucker, English rugby union player
- Jonathan Tucker, American actor
- Josiah Tucker, economist and political writer
- Karla Faye Tucker, American convicted of murder and executed
- Keith Tucker, American electronic musician and disc jockey
- Keith Tucker , English footballer
- Kerrie Tucker, Australian politician and activist
- Kevin Tucker
- Lamin Tucker, Sierra Leonean Olympic sprinter
- Lisa Tucker, American author
- Lisa Tucker , American singer and actress
- Logan Tucker, 6 year old American boy who was murdered and his body was never found
- Mark Tucker
- Maureen Tucker, American musician
- Maurice Tucker, British geologist
- Michael Tucker
- Mike Tucker, Welsh special effects expert
- Nana Tucker, American actress
- Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, author and law professor
- Nathaniel Beverley Tucker , diplomat
- Orrin Tucker, American bandleader
- P. J. Tucker, American basketball player
- Patricia Tucker, wife of Sierra Leone's President Kabbah
- Paul Tucker
- Peter L. Tucker, Sierra Leonean civil servant
- Phil Tucker, American filmmaker
- Preston Tucker, American automobile designer and entrepreneur
- Rachel Tucker, Northern Irish singer and actress
- Ralph Tucker, American politician
- Raymond Tucker, three-term Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
- Reuben Henry Tucker III, United States Army officer
- Rex Tucker, British television director
- Richard Tucker, cantor and singer
- Richard Hawley Tucker, American astronomer
- Robert C. Tucker, American political scientist and historian
- Robert B. Tucker, American author, consultant and professional speaker
- Robert W. Tucker, American writer and teacher
- Roberto Tucker, Argentine footballer
- Roman Tucker, Australian musician
- Rosina Tucker, American labor organizer, civil rights activist and educator
- Ross Tucker, American football player
- Roy A. Tucker, American astronomer
- Ryan Tucker, American football player
- St. George Tucker, Bermudan-American judge
- Samuel Tucker, American naval officer
- Samuel Wilbert Tucker, American civil rights attorney
- Shankar Tucker, American clarinettist and composer
- Scott Tucker
- Sophie Tucker, singer and comedian
- Sterling Tucker, American politician
- Tanya Tucker, American country musician
- Temple Tucker, American basketball player
- Terre Tucker, American model
- Thomas Tudor Tucker, American physician and politician
- Thomas Tudor Tucker , Rear Admiral in the British Royal Navy
- Tilghman Tucker, American politician
- Tommy Tucker , American baseball player
- Tommy Tucker , American singer-songwriter
- Tony Tucker, American boxer
- Torrin Tucker, American football player
- Trent Tucker, American basketball player
- Tui St. George Tucker, American composer and musician
- Walter R. Tucker, Jr., American dentist and politician
- Walter R. Tucker III, American minister and politician
- William Tucker
- William G. Tucker, modernist British sculptor
- William H. Tucker, American psychology professor and critic of race science
- William Jewett Tucker, American college administrator
- Wilson Tucker, American theater technician and writer
- Yvonne Edwards Tucker, American potter and educator