Wachter Family History

Wachter Name Meaning

German and Swiss German (also Wächter); Dutch: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle High German wachtære, wehtære, Middle Dutch wacht(e)re ‘watchman, guard, keeper’. Compare Wactor .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Wachter ‘watchman’, perhaps an occupational name by a synagogue beadle (Yiddish shames).

Similar surnames:

Wachter,

Wactor,

Wacht,

Wachtman,

Waechter,

Waite,

Wechter,

Wuchter

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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