Stryker Family Crest & Name History

Spellings drift, and Stryker is where Stricker drifted for some families. The family name meaning is “Someone who stretched, or smoothed, fabrics”, the same as for Stricker.

Stryker coat of arms

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Spelling and variants

Records show Stryker as one of the forms Stricker took over time. Other spellings include Strycker, Striker and Strickler.

About 3,046 people in the United States were recorded as Stryker in 2010, placing it 10,531 on the national list. Want more than a summary? See the Stryker family name pack.