Berker Family Crest & Name History

Some records give Barker; others give Berker. Both point to the same English family name. The family name meaning is “Tanner, or shepherd”, the same as for Barker.

• You may also find the name written Barkar and Tanner.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Berker writes “e” in place of the “a” found in Barker, a common scribal difference.

Arms associated with the name

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