Broker Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Brooker surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

Broker and Brooker are two spellings with one history. In origin, the name means “One who sells goods, a retailer; one who lived at the brook or stream”.

Broker drops the “o” of Brooker, a simplification that clerks often made. The same family of names includes Broeker, Brocker and Broecker. Broker ranked 25,226 in the 2010 US Census, with 982 people answering to the name. Names that sound alike, such as Barker and Berker, are easily confused in old records.

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