where does the last name baker come from
Baker (surname) Baker is a Boernician and Anglo-Celtic surname of English and Scottish Borderlands origin but can be found in Ireland as well, mostly amongst the Scots-Irish. An occupational name, 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, "baker". The female form of the name is "Baxter".[1] which is seen more in Scotland.