Bacher Family History
Bacher Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: topographic name from Middle High German bach ‘stream’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant who lived by a stream or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called with this word for example Bach or Bachern. Jewish (western Ashkenazic): variant of Bacharach . Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Bach 2 one of surnames assigned at random by Austrian clerks. Danish: probably of German origin (see 1 above). Norwegian: rare variant of Bakker . English: variant of Batcher .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022