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Baker /bak-er/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is of Old English origin. Occupational name used as surname, and in the 19th century, as a given name. Politician James Baker. Kreatif forms: Bakerne, Balker, Brauker.
Baker is an occupational surname which originated in medieval times from the name of the trade, baker. From the Middle English bakere and Old English bÃ¦cere, a derivation of bacan, meaning to dry by heat.. The bearer of this name may not only have been a baker of bread. The name was also used for other involved with baking in some way, including the owner of a communal oven in humbler communities.