Batchler Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Arms linked to Batchelor and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

The spelling Batchler grew out of Batchelor, an English surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “Young knight or apprentice”, the same as for Batchelor.

Before spelling was fixed, Batchelor was also written Batchler. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Batcheller. The 2010 US Census counted 374 people named Batchler, ranking it number 54,990 among American surnames. Batchler sounds close to Bichler and Bachelor, so it can help to search both.

Get the complete Batchler report, with a museum-style coat of arms.