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The Name Baker - Origin and Meaning of Baker
  



The Name Baker - Origin and Meaning of Baker


Gender

Masculine and Feminine

Origin of the Name Baker

Old English

Usage of the Name Baker

English

Meaning of the Name Baker

The name Baker comes from a surname, which is derived from an occupational name for a person who was a baker of bread or an owner of an oven. The word itself is derived from Old English "bæcere" (Middle English "bakere").

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Beverly Baker Fleitz (born 1930), an American female tennis player; Philip Baker Hall (born 1931), an American actor; Baker Knight (1933 - 2005), an American male songwriter and musician.
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