Origin
Thatcher : English: occupational name for a thatcher someone who covered roofs in straw from an agent derivative of Middle English thach(en) ‘to thatch’ (Old English thæccan).
Dekker : 1: Dutch: occupational name for a roofer (a thatcher slater shingler or tiler) Middle Dutch deck(e)re an agent derivative of decken ‘to cover’.2: English: variant of Dicker.
Du Toit : denoting either someone who lived at a cottage (French toit ‘roof’ earlier also ‘shelter cottage’) or someone from Duthoit (Nord).(possibly) for a thatcher or tiler from French toit ‘roof’.
Redman : 1: English: occupational name from Middle English red (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man presumably for a thatcher or reed-cutter. Compare Reeder.2: English: in southeastern England sometimes a topographic name perhaps for someone who lived by a clearing from Middle English rede (Old English rēod rȳd) ‘clearing’ + man.3: English: habitational name from Redmain (Cumberland) from Old English rēad ‘red’ + an uncertain second element perhaps a dialect form of man ‘cairn’.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Rothman Rothmann Rotman Rottmann Roitman or Reitman.
Reeder : 1: English: occupational name for someone who used reeds as a roofing material (a thatcher) a derivative of Middle English rede ‘reed’ + -er. Compare Reed and Redman.2: English: topographic name for someone who lived by a clearing a derivative of Middle English rede ride rude ‘clearing’ (see Reed) + -er synonymous and interchangeable with atte Rede atte Rude ‘at the clearing’. This type of name composed of a topographic term + -er is common in Kent Surrey and Sussex and it is also found in Essex.3: Dutch and German: variant of Reder 3.
Rodman : 1: English: occupational name for a thatcher or reed-cutter from Southwest Middle English rod(e) rud(e) (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man. Synonymous with Redman 1.2: English: topographic name for someone who lived at a clearing from Middle English rode (Old English rodu) or Southwest Middle English rude (Old English rȳde) ‘clearing’ + man. See Redman 2.3: Americanized form of German Rodmann: variant of Rodemann (see Rodeman).4: Slovenian: probably a cognate of the nickname Rode formed with the suffix man ‘man’ of German origin. Alternatively from the ancient Germanic personal name Hrodman Ruodman (see Rodeman).5: Jewish (from Belarus and Lithuania): metronymic from the Yiddish personal name Rode related to Old Czech root rad ‘merry joyful’ + Yiddish man ‘man’ in the sense ‘husband’. Compare Rudman.
Thacker : English (northern): occupational name for a thatcher from an agent derivative of northern Middle English thack ‘thatch’ (Old Norse thak). Compare Thatcher.
Thatch : English (Middlesex): occupational name from Middle English thach(e) ‘thatch’ (Old English thæc) for a thatcher (see Thatcher) or perhaps a nickname for someone with thick blonde hair resembling straw thatch. The pirate Blackbeard whose name is often given as Edward Teach was almost certainly Thatch. This surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Thaxter : English (Norfolk and Cambridgeshire): occupational name from Middle English thakester(e) thaxter(e) ‘thatcher’ (Old English thæcestre). The word originally denoted a female thatcher but came to be used by thatchers of both sexes. Compare Thacker.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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